Chapter three hundred and eighty seventh fierce generals like clouds
When Liu Zhongwu and Han Shizhong led four fierce generals and led 7,000 troops to break through the Xixia people's obstruction, and were about to attack the Xixia army from both front and rear, they saw Xixia soldiers and horses rushing toward them with their heads in arms, and loud noises were heard from behind.
Although Liu Zhongwu didn't know what made the loud noise, he also knew that it must have been caused by the Daliang soldiers and horses, otherwise the Xixia soldiers and horses would not have fled so quickly, so he did not hesitate and led his army to block it.
"Abandon weapons without killing"
"Abandon weapons without killing"
When uniform shouts came from behind, the Xixia soldiers and horses who could not escape threw away their weapons and surrendered. No one dared to resist the black-clad soldiers who surrounded them.
When Chao Yong chased Zhenrong Army under the city, he reined in his horse, and the army stopped its pursuit.
Liu Zhongwu's two sons, who were left to guard the city, saw the prince in golden armor arriving at the bottom of the city, and hurriedly opened the city to greet him.
When a group of people entered the government office, Zhong Shidao sighed when he saw the four sons behind Liu Zhongwu: "Are they all here?"
Liu Zhongwu nodded sadly and proudly: "If they resisted the Xixia soldiers and horses, their death was not in vain."
Zhong Shidao explained to Chao Yong: "General Liu has nine sons, all of whom came to suppress the Rong army. Now there are only four left."
"On behalf of the people of the northwest, I would like to thank General Liu for his contribution in fighting Xixia."
When Chao Yong heard this, he stood up and made a long bow. People who fight with their whole family are worthy of respect no matter what.
Liu Zhongwu hurriedly returned the courtesy and said: "The last general is just doing his job as a minister and cannot afford the courtesy of a prince."
Chao Yong stood up and said solemnly: "General Liu has made great contributions to the people of the northwest. On behalf of the emperor, I will confer you the title of Zhenrong Bo."
The titles of Duke, Marquis, Uncle, Son, and Male in Daliang are passed down one level from one generation to the next. There is no fiefdom, and you can receive a salary from the court every year. There are also some noble ceremonial guards that can be used, and the people must give way when they see it. In short, you can show off the nobles
People have to show a certain amount of respect, but they don't have any privileges.
This was also caused by Chao Yong. There were too many messy official names in the Northern Song Dynasty, so he went retro.
Mr. Laozhong, the Prime Minister, had made great contributions to the northwest and was granted the title of Duke of Northwest. Ren Liang presented the Yongxing army and was granted the title of Marquis of Yongxing.
When Liu Zhongwu heard that Chao Yong had given him the title, he hurriedly led his four sons behind him and knelt down on the ground. He said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace, and thank you, Prince Edward, for your appreciation."
"If Liang doesn't want to kneel down, everyone will get up."
Chao Yong asked the names of Liu Zhongwu's four sons one by one. When asked about Liu Qi, he smiled and said: "When did you come back from Tokyo? I wanted to take you with me to reinforce the northwest, but I found that you were missing."
It turned out that Liu Zhongwu had some connections with Gao Qiu. When Gao Qiu came to the northwest to pursue military exploits, he was under Liu Zhongwu's command. Therefore, the two had a close relationship, and Liu Qi was moved to Tokyo by Gao Qiu to serve as the imperial concubine.
Liu Zhongwu knew that Liangshan had publicly executed Gao Qiu, and he had some contacts with Gao Qiu, so he was inevitably a little worried. The two of them just got what they needed. Gao Qiu needed some influence in the army, while Liu Zhongwu needed someone in the court to help him.
He spoke. No one can only win but not lose, if
Because if you are punished after a failure, there will be no veteran generals in the army. Therefore, everyone will make good friends with one or two ministers in the court. Of course, it is only one or two. If you make more friends, you may not need to be defeated.
You will be punished. It has always been a taboo for a general to have personal relations with the ministers of the DPRK and the DPRK.
After Chao Yong occupied Tokyo, he did not know about Liu Qi. Later, after returning from the northwest, the officials found out that Liu Qi was the son of Western Army General Liu Zhongwu.
When Chao Yong sent someone to invite him, he found that Liu Qi had disappeared.
Liu Qi said awkwardly: "The general is worried about the northwest. After the blockade of Tokyo City was lifted, the general came back."
After Tokyo lifted the blockade, officials were still allowed to follow orders in Tokyo, but no one was sent to guard the officials, so many escaped. However, officials with a bad reputation in Tokyo were arrested early.
Chao Yong patted Liu Qi on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Tiger father has no dog son, try to surpass your father."
Liu Zhongwu saw that the prince did not hold Liu Qi accountable, and the last trace of worry in his heart disappeared.
Turning around, he saw Yang Zhi talking to a burly man next to him, and said with a smile: "Who is this general?"
"Last General Yang Keshi."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "General of the Yang family?"
Yang Zhi nodded and said: "Brother from the Mojiang clan, his martial arts skills are still above those of the Mojiang."
"Okay, the generals of the Yang family used to be powerful all over the world. The two of you will work together to restore the reputation of the generals of the Yang family."
When Han Shizhong saw the prince looking over, he clasped his fists and said, "The last general, Han Shizhong."
Han Shizhong, the famous anti-gold general, was on the same level as Yue Fei, so Chao Yong would naturally know about him.
When he heard that the tall man in front of him was Han Shizhong, Chao Yong confirmed: "My wife's name is Liang Hongyu?"
Han Shizhong said in confusion: "My wife, Bai."
Could it be that you haven’t married Liang Hongyu yet?
Chao Yong said unwillingly: "Did you catch Fang La?"
Han Shizhong nodded and said, "Yes."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "Then it's you, do your best, I'm optimistic about you."
Although he did not receive a title, Han Shizhong was very happy to receive praise from the prince, and hurriedly expressed his vow to serve the country to the death.
Wu Song listened to the prince's inexplicable question and wondered: "Is it possible that General Han is also the person in the prince's dream?"
Chao Yong was ready to continue his deception plan, nodded and said: "A person from Tiangang will definitely be able to make contributions on the battlefield."
Although there were gunpowder and divine thunder, before the advent of guns, cold weapon combat was still the mainstream.
If you use the divine thunder too much, people will become accustomed to it.
If you encounter those religious lunatics, I'm afraid they will charge even more fearlessly. If you use divine thunder to attack an army holding a Quran in one hand and a sword in the other, someone will definitely call him an evil god, and then a group of lunatics will scream and demand
Kill the evil god.
At this time, the most reliable ones are elite soldiers and strong generals.
Zhong Shidao asked doubtfully: "What Tiangang?"
Wu Song smiled and said: "Jiutian Xuannv Empress often entrusts her dreams to the prince. The prince is protected by thirty-six heavenly gangs and seventy-two earthly demons. The prince will know the names and things of some people in his dreams."
Zhong Shidao smiled when he heard this and said, "That's it."
Chao Yong saw Zhong Shidao's reserved smile and knew that Zhong Shidao didn't believe him, so he said no more.
Han Shizhong also felt untrustworthy, but being able to sit on the prince's ship would be of no harm to him, and he had no right to doubt. He did not expect to get rich by relying on the prince's promotion, but with the prince's brilliance, at least there would be no
No one dares to swallow his military glory.
During his more than ten years in the Western Army, the lesson he learned was that you must have a strong Shangguan, so that your credit will not become someone else's. The Prince is undoubtedly the most powerful Shangguan in Daliang.
Although the Zhenrong Army was besieged for more than twenty days, there was no shortage of food and grass in the city. Zhongshidao collected a lot of food and grass, and Daliang also transported a lot of food and grass. Even if the Xixia soldiers and horses surrounded the city for another month, there would be no shortage of food and grass in the city.
No food.
Soon, several sumptuous tables of wine and food were placed in the hall.
When Chao Yong saw the wine, he shook his head and said: "Pick up the best food and give it to the soldiers, but you are not allowed to drink. We will set off in the afternoon and spend the night in Sanchuan Village."
This battle lasted only an hour from the confrontation to the end of the chase, and there was still an hour before noon.
After everyone had a good meal, the results of the battle were reported. More than 15,000 Xixia people were captured and more than 10,000 people were killed. It was impossible to count the number of people who were shattered to pieces by the divine thunder. However, Chao Yong knew that there were not many of them, so he threw them away.
He took a hundred divine thunders and went out.
The Daliang soldiers and horses led by Chao Yong suffered almost no casualties, and few Xixia people dared to resist the tribe of the gods. However, the 7,000 people under Liu Zhongwu's command suffered another 3,000 casualties, almost half of them.
The Xixia people, who were frightened by the gods, were intercepted head-on. It was good that the whole army was not destroyed.
The Xixia people did not fight with them, and did not even make a second move. Instead, they rushed forward without fear of death. They just stabbed those who stood in the way, and then ran forward desperately, regardless of whether the person on the other side was
Instead of dodging his knife, he slashed him on the back.
Liu Zhongwu's troops killed more Xixia people, but many people died from the unconscious killings of the Xixia people, and too many Xixia people fled for their lives.
Zhong Shidao couldn't help but feel a little sad when he heard that three thousand more casualties had been suffered. I'm afraid there weren't many Deshun troops left. After repelling Xixia, the Western army was basically gone. Daliang had gunpowder, divine thunder, and gods.
For an ordinary prince, the world can only produce a large number of soldiers and horses, but not any family troops. It would be good if he could continue the family generals.
The Zhenrong Army needed to be garrisoned, and Liu Zhongwu also knew that he probably had no hope of going on an expedition. When the time came, he would have to deal with the prisoners, and asked: "How to deal with these prisoners?"
Chao Yong said: "How to deal with it before?"
Liu Zhongwu said: "Generally, they are in custody. After the war, the two countries exchange prisoners. If the Xixia people have no prisoners from our army, they will exchange them for Han people. Over the past few decades, Xixia has plundered countless Han people. Anyway, how many prisoners have we captured? Xixia
There will be Han Chinese people who will exchange with us."
Wu Song frowned and said: "Common people are much easier to capture than prisoners. As long as the Xixia people capture more common people, they don't have to worry about being captured."
Zhong Shidao shook his head and said: "Knowing that we had to change, the Han people fell into the hands of the Xixia people and were either slaves or cannon fodder. When you faced Brother Cha before, there wasn't even a single Han. They must have all been wasted in Zhenrong City.
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Liu Zhongwu nodded and said: "The ones who attacked the city in the past few days were all young masters. Although we knew they were Han people, we had to take action, otherwise we would be the ones who died if we broke the city."
Wu Song cursed: "He helped the Xixia people to kill us Han people, and even if I bump into them, I will show no mercy."
Li Ying, who pounced on Tiandiao, asked doubtfully: "Aren't the Xixia people afraid of them turning back and attacking?"
Liu Zhongwu shook his head and said: "I don't know. Generally, the whole family of a son-in-law is abducted. The family members are all in Xixia, and few people rebel. The Han people who are abducted alone usually work as coolies in Xixia, and they will not be allowed close to the border.
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Wu Song gritted his teeth and said: "Prince, we can defeat Xixia in one go, destroy Xixia, rescue all the Han people, and there is no need to exchange prisoners with them."
Chao Yong shook his head and said: "The soldiers are already very tired. We may not be able to penetrate deep into Xixia at this time."
Zhongshidao nodded and said: "There are many deserts in Xixia, and once we enter, Xixia will definitely clear the country. Without sufficient preparation, it will be difficult to attack Xixia."
"Everyone, please be patient. Once the army has rested and reorganized, Xixia will be wiped out."