"Whoosh!" An arrow flew out, and the enemy knight screamed and fell to the ground.
But he didn't die for a moment, and he stood up in a panic, only to see another horse passing by, and the thick saber lightly scratched.
Earth-shaking screams sounded.
A large gash was opened in the belly of the enemy knight, and a large amount of blood spurted out. He knelt on the ground and tried in vain to stuff the flowing intestines back. After stuffing them, he fell limply to the ground and made no more noise.
Another group of Khitan cavalry rushed forward. Yang Hongwang's soldiers yelled and cursed. They dared to charge directly at the general. They were very courageous. In an instant, seven or eight weapons came to greet them. The heads of the Khitan cavalry flew into the sky, and the horses carried the headless corpses.
After rushing out for more than ten steps, he suddenly fell to the ground.
Seeing this, the remaining bandit knights did not dare to stay at all and fled in all directions.
Xia Jun chased for a while and killed dozens of unlucky people before stopping to rest.
This was an encounter, no doubt about it.
The encounter between the two sides was sudden. The Xia army advanced suddenly, and the Khitan army was on the way to retreat. Judging from their size, they seemed to be a small group of soldiers from a large tribe, perhaps part of the Khitan cavalry who fled in embarrassment outside Xinghe City.
After interrogating the prisoners, the Xia people already knew that they were from Tulubu tribe and had been scattered in Xinghe and Yuyi areas.
In addition, the information about the Baobao Yili Jin Abaoji stationed in the Sanquan area was also found out.
Along the way, Yang Hongwang was weighing the pros and cons and could not make up his mind. At this time, he defeated this group of thieves who were rushing to Lu Bubu, and after beheading more than a hundred people, he finally made up his mind: Just keep charging for fear of being a bird!
The soldiers brought him dried meat that was as hard as a rock. Yang Hongwang took it, roasted it on the fire, and then started chewing it.
There was a corpse lying next to his feet. His eyes were wide open and blood was bleeding from the corners of his mouth. There were no obvious wounds on his body. He was probably killed by a blunt object.
After kicking it away, he picked up the cowhide water bag and took two sips of strong wine. After drinking it, he handed it to his general. After the general drank it, he handed it to his soldiers.
"Brother." A young man wearing a flag on his back hurried over.
"What's the matter?" Yang Hongwang continued to eat meat without raising his head.
That was Hongxin, the younger brother of the clan. He had little martial arts training. He was very brave and fierce in Linzhou. He fought fiercely with the young men of the Zhe family. It was really hopeless, so he was asked to go out with dozens of soldiers to practice, so as not to have to fight in his hometown.
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"I was just cleaning the battlefield and saw that a bandit chieftain was seriously injured but was still alive. He could still talk in official terms and beg for a favor. I then conducted a trial. It turned out that Abaoji sent people south to collect the defeated soldiers of Tulu Bubu and said that he would personally lead the army.
Come to the rescue." Yang Hongxin said excitedly: "Now we have to go north, let's do him a favor!"
Yang Hongwang was taken aback for a moment and looked happy.
The clan brother Hongxin is only fifteen years old this year, and he has such ambitions. How can he, the elder brother, be compared?
"Brother..." Yang Hongxin looked at him with expectant eyes: "If we can win a big victory in front of Abaoji, when the saint hears the news, won't he have to praise our Yang family greatly? In this case, how can the Zhe family be worthy?"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Yang Hongwang scolded.
There are two wealthy families in Linzhou, namely the Zhe family and the Yang family.
The Zhe family has been in Linzhou since the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, and is famous for its martial arts. The Yang family is a scholarly family, coming from a branch of the Hongnong Yang family. However, after arriving in Linzhou, they became like most aristocratic families after the difficult times. , the children practiced martial arts in large numbers and transformed into local powerful men.
The Yang family is also trusted by the emperor. Yang Anzhen and Yang Anji helped Shaosheng manage Linzhou before the establishment of the Xia Dynasty. Anzhen's son Yang Yao had a prosperous official career and became the Privy Envoy of Beiya. , extremely noble.
The third generation of the Yang family, Hongwang and Hongyin, are already generals in the army, and now the slightly younger Hongxin and Hongrong are also emerging.
Yang Hongxin was born in the first year of Wende of Emperor Xizong of Tang Dynasty (888), and Yang Hongrong was born in the second year of Qianning (895). The former had already gone to the army to gain experience, while the latter was sent to study because he was smart since he was a child, and planned to manage the family business in the future. ——These two are both the sons of Yang Yao and the grandsons of Yang Anzhen.
Yang Hongxin was recorded as "Yang Xin" in later history books. In order to avoid the name of Zhao Kuangyin's father, Zhao Hongyin, he died in the first year of Guangshun in the Later Zhou Dynasty (951). He gave birth to sons Yang Chonggui and Yang Chongxun. Chonggui defected to Liu Chong of the Northern Han Dynasty and was given the name " "Liu Jiye" was later renamed Yang Ye. He was skilled in bow and horse, and was nicknamed "Yang Wudi". He paid great tribute to the Later Zhou Dynasty, and was later attached to the Song Dynasty. He was promoted to Jiedu Envoy.
The Yang family of Linzhou can be regarded as an old man who started his career in Shaosheng, and he is treated quite favorably. With the current situation, it is naturally impossible to bet on both ends as it was in history. He can only live for Daxia honestly - you are a righteous man. No one else dares to accept Miao Hong, the core member of Guanbei.
"I have made up my mind, go east and go north!" Yang Hongwang stood up and said.
Yang Hongxin was overjoyed, but he soon ate the chestnut.
"When you go into battle, don't be impatient." Yang Hongwang warned: "Abao Ji is a member of the Eight Tribes of Yili Jin. How can he not have elite soldiers and generals at his side? Our army is small. If you see the thieves are fierce, don't act recklessly. The main purpose of a forced charge is to disrupt the formation of the bandit army and undermine the morale of the thieves. This is not the home of the Khitan people. The thieves are eager to return home, and they may not have the determination to stay and fight. A steady attack is a great achievement. My Yang family has already There is no need for tremendous achievements, and obtaining them may not be a good thing."
Yang Hongxin opened his mouth wide. It's just a fight, so many twists and turns?
Yang Hongwang ignored him and immediately ordered his soldiers to deliver the order.
When night fell, another group of auxiliary soldiers arrived. Yang Hongwang selected hundreds of people who dared to fight and had outstanding martial arts skills. He ordered the fire to be extinguished, checked the equipment for the last time, and then quietly went north.
This journey lasted three full days. On the night of August 28, the army headed east and arrived at the ancient city of Chicheng City.
Along the way, we also encountered many retreating Khitan soldiers and horses.
I didn’t say anything, just rush forward and kill. The Khitan people are in a hurry to run away. They don’t know how many Xia soldiers are chasing you from behind. They don’t have much thought about fighting you, so they only resist for a while and then escape through the complicated terrain. .
The Silver Spear Army did not pursue them relentlessly. They only cleaned the battlefield, gathered horses, and collected dry food and weapons in order to plan for a protracted war.
After doing all this, they continued heading north regardless of everything, heading straight for Sanquan.
On the 29th, Abaoji personally led the Khan's army and more than 30,000 slave soldiers and horses went south to the old city of Yuyi Town. After hearing the news of the defeat, he immediately ordered to speed up the march.
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Above the smoky prairie, mountains of different heights suddenly appeared.
The mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist, and the streams are gurgling.
There are also towering giant trees that have grown for hundreds of years, standing majestically on the top of the mountains, like gods, looking down at all the living beings on the earth indifferently.
Yang Hongxin rushed to the foot of the mountain with more than a hundred riders.
What you see are two peaks standing opposite each other. The peaks are very steep and the cliffs are towering, making it difficult to climb.
There is a canyon between the two mountains. The canyon is not wide, and there is a river winding out of the middle, which takes up most of the space.
Yang Hongxin knew that this was Gushui, a very famous river in Yanbei.
Standing between the Gushui River are two piles of broken walls that have crumbled for hundreds of years. According to historical records, this was the Guancheng built in the Later Wei Dynasty, and it has long been submerged in the grass and trees.
At that time, it was still called Dugumen, but now it is called Longmen Cliff, but they all mean the same thing. This is an important road leading to Ruyuan, Tanshan Mountain and even the flat pine forests.
"Put on all the armor." Khitan rangers appeared in twos and threes in front of them. Yang Hong felt anxious and ordered immediately.
Yang Buqu, who followed, didn't say anything and immediately started to put on his clothes. The other dozens of Silver Spear soldiers did not look down upon the young man and finished putting on their clothes in silence.
The Silver Spear Army is a light cavalry with very little iron armor, and most of them wear leather armor. Although the leather armor in Guanbei is very famous, and the top-level ones have strong protective power, but when it comes to fighting for their lives, everyone still chooses iron armor invariably.
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"Go!" Yang Hongxin strung his riding bow and rushed out at the lead.
The Khitan Rangers on the opposite side also discovered them. For some reason, they changed their usual avoidance and rushed over directly.
"Seeking death!" Yang Hongxin was so angry that he dared to resist!
The young man was so anxious that he fired three arrows from his riding bow, but only one person was hit. He was so angry that he threw his riding bow on the ground, drew out his lance, and charged forward. With one shot, one person fell off his horse.
Yang's tribe and the Silver Spear Army cavalry also followed. The crowd shouted loudly and were unstoppable. With just one wave of charge, they drove more than ten Khitan rangers into the river.
Yang Hongxin was eager to kill, and after stabbing two people to death with two consecutive shots, he saw a man who looked like a Khitan chieftain beating his horse and running away, so he gritted his teeth and chased after him.
The Khitan man has an arrow stuck in his left arm, and he walks swaying, looking very funny.
Yang Hongxin urged the horse with all his strength, holding the spear in his right hand, and pushed forward as hard as he could.
The fleeing Khitan people looked back and saw the gun points behind them. They were so frightened that they desperately grabbed the horse's belly and ran northward.
Yang Hongxin no longer cared about caring for the horse. He pushed the horse's speed to the extreme, and moved the spear forward with his right hand again. It was still a little short of the grass!
The Khitan people no longer dared to look back and just ran away with their heads down.
Yang Hongxin was so angry that he took out a sword from his saddlebag and threw it as a throwing weapon.
The horse jolted, and Yang Hongxin had never practiced spear throwing professionally. This time, he missed the Khitan chieftain, but accidentally hit the horse's butt.
The war horse whined in pain. The Khitan chieftain might as well have had such an unexpected incident and was in a hurry to control the horse.
Yang Hongxin caught up with the enemy, stabbed him with his spear in the lightning flash, and the Khitan man screamed and fell to the ground.
"Haha!" The young man laughed happily.
After rushing out a long way, he turned around again, then dismounted, took out his mace, walked up to the dying Khitan chieftain, and struck him hard in his frightened eyes.
"Poof!" The thief's head split like a watermelon.
"What a thief, you made me chase you for so long." Yang Hongxin wiped his face, wiped away the red and white dirt, and said bitterly.
After killing the thief, he took a breath, turned around, and gathered the two horses.
At this time, out of the corner of my eye, I caught sight of the vast basin grassland at the northern foot of the mountain, and I was stunned.