Fenghou

Chapter 486
"Woo—" a single horn blew.

This was the order to fire the bed crossbows. A thousand bed crossbows were fired at the same time, and suddenly the arrows rained like rain. Five thousand jackdaw iron arrows soared into the sky, shooting at the Tubo cavalry on the grassland like a storm.

The Tubo cavalry raised their shields to meet them, but they never imagined that what they encountered was the most powerful crossbow of the Song Army, which was invincible and could not be resisted by any shield or armor.

If there is no shield, perhaps many soldiers will hide under the horse's belly, but will escape with their lives.

But there is no word "if" in the world, and their fate has long been doomed in the dark. When they got the shield of the Xixia Army, it was already doomed that today will be a massacre.

The extremely powerful jackdaw iron arrows shot through the shield, the armor, and the body of the Tubo soldiers. Countless Tubo soldiers were shot down from their horses by the iron arrows and nailed to the ground.

Five thousand jackdaw arrows were shot, and three thousand Tubo cavalrymen were killed and wounded. This ratio was horrific, including Danzhu, the second son of Geropa, who was shot through the chest by an arrow and nailed to death on horseback.

But Geropa and other Tubo cavalry who were running ahead escaped unharmed, and the range of the jackdaw arrows surpassed them.

Once the cavalry started galloping, it was difficult to stop, especially the cavalry in front. Once they stopped, they would be bumped and trampled by the cavalry behind. Even if Geropa felt that something was wrong, he had to bite the bullet and kill.

What's more, Geropa didn't realize the great damage that the jackdaw arrows caused to his army. The thunderous hooves of the horses completely covered up the screams of the soldiers. Many horses that lost their cavalry continued to run with the cavalry. Looking at it from above, the reduction is not large, but looking underground, you will see corpses all over the place.

The cavalry advanced [-] steps, the horn blew again, and two thousand soldiers of the Song army fired the crossbow at the same time, and the arrows of the two thousand powerful crossbows roared and shot at the Tubo cavalry.

There are only two kinds of arrows that the Jurchen cavalry's iron armor can't resist. One is the bed crossbow and the other is the god arm crossbow. The god arm crossbow was invented to deal with the iron armor of the Liao army and the Xixia army. Within two hundred steps, the god arm crossbow Can shoot through Jurchen armor.

The leather armor of the Tubo people was even more unable to withstand the powerful crossbow of the Song army. The cavalry running in front were hit by arrows one after another, screaming and falling off their horses. Gelobal was a little scared. The shield can't stop the Song army from shooting with a strong crossbow.

These are ordinary herdsmen!Can they compete with regular Song Army cavalry?Geropa watched more than [-] Tibetan cavalry being shot, and he began to regret it.

In fact, he didn't see the back. If he saw the half-empty horses behind, he wouldn't fight any more.

Before they reached the front of the Song army, more than half of the Tubo cavalry had been killed or killed.

Three thousand infantry soldiers of the Song Army quickly formed a long spear formation. They squatted down and pressed the bottom of their spears against the ground. The sharp spear points formed an oblique angle of thirty degrees. The forest of spears aimed at the Tubo cavalry who were rushing towards them.

Three thousand Song Army cavalry galloped out, killing the Tubo cavalry from both sides. Arrows flew in the air, and the two Song Army cavalry slashed at each other's waist like two sharp swords.

The Tubo cavalry was getting closer and closer, completely involuntary, looking at the densely packed spear points in front of them, the front Tubo cavalry was so frightened that their faces were deformed, and they screamed.

"boom!"

The Tubo cavalry collided with the Song army's spear formation, and there were screams and horses neighing. Dozens of Song army soldiers were knocked into the air and died tragically on the spot. Cavalrymen were also killed by being pierced with spears.

Geropa was not among the more than [-] Tubo cavalry who were pierced into skewers, but he was also in front. The huge impact rebounded, causing him to be thrown instantly and fell into the rolling iron hoof.

At the same time, the cavalry of the Song Army rushed into the sides of the Tubo army. Chen Qing took the lead, and Fang Tian picked up more than [-] people with a halberd. went in.

On the other side was led by Gao Ding, who was also extremely fierce, with spears flying around, picking and killing dozens of people. Three thousand Song Army cavalrymen charged forward, left, and right, and killed the Tubo cavalry to pieces. The Tubo cavalry behind were all terrified. They turned their horses and fled away.

The three thousand infantrymen of the Song army withstood the strong impact of the Tubo cavalry and began to form a counterattack.

They were originally an amateur army, and they were all herdsmen themselves. They fought with a fierce force. At this moment, the bloody smell in the air and the stumped limbs and internal organs on the ground scared them out of their wits, and the intense fear made them useless. Fighting spirit, began to run for their lives to survive.

The chief Geropa disappeared, but he did not escape, but was overturned by the horses and fell to the ground, and was trampled to death by countless horses. His whole body was bloody and bloody.

The number of Tubo cavalry was less than [-], and the entire army was defeated. The Song army cavalry chased and killed them all the way. cavalry.

This battle has been passed down from generation to generation by Hehuang Tubo people. Geloba led his army to a decisive battle with Chen Qing's Song army, but suffered a disastrous defeat. Geloba and his son died in the battle. In the end, only more than [-] people survived the massacre by the Song army. Most of the young and strong men in the West Sea lost more than half, and the remaining women and children were finally divided and annexed by other parts.

Under the surveillance of the Song Army, the remaining tens of thousands of old and weak women and children in the West Sea began to migrate to the traditional pastures on the west bank of the West Sea. There were only two thousand young and strong men left in the whole tribe. What they fear now is not the Song Army, but other Tubo tribes , and even the yellow-headed Uighurs, the leaders of the Xihai tribe were arrogant and arrogant, which made them pay an extremely heavy price.

Half of the property in Xihai became the spoils of the Song army, including tens of thousands of horses, [-] sheep, [-] cows, and more than [-] sheepskins. At the same time, they lost the land in the east.

This battle expanded the frontier of Xining Prefecture by [-] miles to the west and [-] miles to the south, bringing all three salt lakes into the territory of Xining Prefecture.

Three years later, a county was built here, called Yanhu County, which became the westernmost county in the Song Dynasty. A thousand soldiers were stationed here to defend the three salt lakes.

Gao Ding led the army and the spoils back to Xining City, while Chen Qing led [-] cavalry to go south to Jishi Prefecture. The arrival of the Song army meant that Jishi Prefecture returned to Xihe Road again.

The four prefectures of Jishi Prefecture, Taozhou, Hezhou and Kuozhou are similar in nature. They belong to the Han people who govern the prefectures, and the Qiang and Tibetans guard the wilderness. They are all animal husbandry states with animal husbandry as their main industry. The Han people live in the county town and within ten miles of the county town, and make a living by farming.

This morning, Chen Qing arrived in Jishi County. At this time, it was a small county with a circumference of more than ten miles. There were more than [-] households and more than [-] people living in the city, mainly Han people.

The county seat was not devastated by the war, and the city was very quiet, and the people were simple and honest, just like a paradise.

The county magistrate is called Yu Xiuming, in his thirties, from Bianliang, and was a student of the Tokyo Imperial College. Later, he brought his parents, wife and children to this paradise-like county town, and opened a school. The people elected him as the county magistrate.

Yu Xiuming brought a group of squires to welcome Chen Qing outside the city.

Chen Qing ordered the army to station outside the city, and he only brought dozens of people into the city.

The city is clean and tidy, there is no noise and noise, it is very quiet, and the air is very fresh, which Chen Qing likes very much.

"Is there only one official from Yuzhi County in the county?" Chen Qingxiao asked.

Yu Xiuming said with some embarrassment: "Our Jishi County has actually been forgotten by the court for many years. The magistrate died of illness for three years and no new official was appointed. Other officials left one after another, so the people in the city unanimously elected me as magistrate. I also govern by doing nothing, usually only responsible for mediating some neighborhood conflicts and the like, and then I continue to teach, my county magistrate is very unqualified, so it’s not necessary.”

"I feel that you have done a good job. You are able to maintain the county seat. This is the greatest credit. I will officially appoint you as the magistrate of Jishi County. Later, I will send two officials to you as assistants. Your salary will be paid by me. There is no need to teach."

"Thank you Jiedu Envoy for your love!"

Chen Qing asked again with a smile: "How do the Tibetans from the Jishi tribe get along?"

"We get along pretty well. Basically, well water doesn't interfere with river water. They also need to come to the county to buy daily necessities. We also need their sheepskin and meat. Everyone gets what they need."

Just as he was talking, a soldier ran over, "Qi Dutong, there is a team of Tibetans outside the city, the leader is the leader of the Jishi tribe, named Asang, and I am here to kowtow to Dutong!"

Chen Qing suddenly had an intuition that the other party must know that the Song army was at war with Xihaibu.

　In a few hours, it will be the New Year. Lao Gao would like to wish the book friends a happy new year, and wish all the book friends all the best in the new year, good health, and happiness for the whole family!

　　
　
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