The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

() Li Ningming finally resigned to his fate. Today's battle has already been lost, and if he continues to entangle, he will die. Only 200 cavalry are left out of the [-] cavalry, plus [-] cavalry without horses. More than [-] war horses, plus the lives of [-] soldiers, the result is still empty-handed.レ♠Thinking♥Road♣Guestレ

At this point, he had no reason to continue fighting. He could not think of any way to break through the opponent's defense line. Although the ending after the fiasco was unimaginable, it was better than dying here. Song Jun from the nearby state capital Even the blind and deaf should know that a big battle is going on here, once they arrive, the whole army will be wiped out.

"Retreat! Quickly retreat." Li Ningming ordered dejectedly.

The remaining 900 cavalry listened to the voice of nature, and as soon as the order was issued, they immediately turned their horses and ran out of Yingzui Cliff. The more than [-] Xixia cavalry who had lost their horses wanted to cry without tears. Could it be that they had to run on two legs? go back?But what if you don't run?

Fortunately, the road at the entrance of the cliff was not blocked, and a dozen riders could pass through in parallel. The Song army on the cliff began to throw stones down again, but no one cared about him, and everyone was busy running out. Leaving this place of death as soon as possible is their greatest wish. The Xixia soldiers with bows and arrows on their backs have no time to shoot arrows at the unscrupulous Song soldiers leaning forward on the cliff. Those who were hit by flying stones were ignored by the surrounding people. They have already begun to secretly and abruptly pull down the soldiers on the horses to snatch the horses; at this time, having a four-legged horse is equivalent to an extra life.

Song Jun cheered, and Di Qing waved his big fingers at Su Jin, and said repeatedly: "Master Su, this battle was fought beautifully, and it showed the prestige of my Song Dynasty. I admire you."

Su Jin was drenched in sweat, and said as calmly as possible: "Where are the reinforcements? Where's Mr. Fan? It's been two hours and these guys are going to run away."

Di Qing threw up his hands, Su Jin was extremely helpless, but he felt really upset when he watched the other party run away. After paying such a high price, if most of the other party still escaped, it would be a losing battle.

"Attack with all of them, chase and disperse the enemy army, and must capture and kill the enemy chieftain, and don't slack off."

Everyone agreed in unison, Dynasty Ma Han, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and others each led an army of one hundred horses to gallop to kill, Su Jin and Di Qing followed closely behind with an army of one hundred horses.

As for the Xixia cavalry who turned into infantry, they had no fighting spirit at this moment. They were chased all the way by Wang Lang and Wu Hengxin with the infantry, killing more than [-] people, and the rest surrendered.

Li Ningming panicked and didn't choose his way. Originally, he planned to avoid the enemy's north or the reinforcements, and turn from Qinfeng Road in the east to the north to escape. But at this time, he didn't care much, and took the nearest road to Xia Kingdom. , Returning to the territory of Xixia early can be regarded as saving your life, and you don't care whether you will encounter enemy troops or not.

After fleeing for more than fifty miles, Li Ningming was horrified to see the dusty horses neighing on the official road opposite, and a group of people and horses blocked their heads. The big characters of "Song" and "Fan" on several flags made Li Ningming's liver and gallbladder burst ;Looking back at the hundreds of Song troops chasing and approaching, and there was no way to escape in front, Li Ningming wanted to cry but had no tears.

"Heaven is dead to me, General Yeli, General Wuzang, the two of you led your troops to fight a bloody road back to the camp, even if you go back one by one, it's good."

"Your Highness, what are you going to do?"

"I have no face to see my father. If the two generals can return to Daxia alive, please tell me that I, Li Ningming, would rather die than surrender. Although I am defeated, I will never bow to the people of Song Dynasty. I have not humiliated my Daxia. face of the country."

After Li Ningming finished speaking, he suddenly turned his horse's head to meet the pursuit team of Su Jin and others galloping forward, holding a precious sword that had not been stained with blood from the beginning to the end, and roaring loudly in his mouth.

Yeli Xianzong and Wu Zangming exclaimed at the same time, Li Ningming is begging for death, he is dead, how can people like himself escape?Even if he fled back, how could he escape death?The two looked at each other, and both saw the ashes of despair in each other's eyes.

"General Ye Li, you and I have reached our end. We have been on the battlefield for more than ten years. How can we be a dog of mourning today? Are we not as good as Li Ningming?"

"There is no hidden general, you are right, the warriors of our party, how can we just survive, let's go to fight, kill one counts one; His Royal Highness chooses to turn around and fight to the death, I am afraid that he wants to see who our cunning opponent is, I want to meet him too, let's go meet him too."

Wu Zangming smiled bitterly and said repeatedly: "That's right, after fighting for a long time, I still don't know who will fall into it." After that, he raised the scimitar in his hand and shouted at the restless soldiers all around him: "Boys, today is the end of the day. Fortunately, everyone, don't hold on to the hope of escaping, think that we are all elites in the Great Xia army, whoever does not have the blood of the Song people on hand, even if we die here today, we will not suffer. Instead of being chased to death, we It's better to turn around and fight to the death, and it will end from beginning to end; sons and lords come with me, kill one by one, don't let the people of Song Dynasty underestimate us."

Wu Zangming took a group of horses and slapped the horse's buttocks with a machete. The horses galloped out and chased Li Ningming in front; They followed the two generals and sped away, but the remaining more than 600 people did not leave.

"I am the only child in my family. My parents, wife and children are looking forward to my return. If the emperor did not force him to enlist in the army, I am grazing cattle and sheep on the grassland at this moment, and I am enjoying family happiness with my parents, wife and children. Once I die, there will be no hope for my family." , I can’t die.” A party cavalryman expressed everyone’s aspirations.

"Yes, we have tried our best. The battle has reached this level, and we are already worthy of Emperor Daxia. I don't want to lose my life in vain."

"Yes! Originally, this trip should not have come at all. His Royal Highness was eager to make meritorious service, and brought us to death abruptly. They should be the ones who deserve to die, not us."

Everyone's chattering discussion gradually changed from whispered discussion to bold appeal, from suppressed obedience to outburst of dissatisfaction. Xixia fought every year, and Yuan Hao was very happy. In order to make up for the lack of troops, he forcibly recruited Xixia males join the army. Men between the ages of 60 and [-] are recruited unconditionally. With the continuous war, the demand for troops is also increasing. Gradually, there is no one to graze the cattle and sheep, no one to cultivate the fields, and the men are killed on the front line. The wives, children, and parents will also be reduced to the name of abject poverty. What is hated is the bureaucrats in the rear. They wantonly collect military supplies to enrich the people's private pockets.

Since the beginning of this year, a large-scale famine has occurred in Xixia. Originally, when the two countries were not at war, they both set up negotiating fields along the border. The party members exchanged the green and white salt and livestock products produced in the territory for the grain, tea and other handicrafts of the Song Dynasty. Products, these materials are the daily necessities of the Xia people.

Now that the two countries are at war, the Song Dynasty naturally implemented an economic blockade policy on Xixia. In the past, when Xixia became a vassal of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty also gave "year-old gifts" every year. The negotiating field along the border has long been closed. The Song Dynasty banned the entry of green and white salt, banned bilateral trade, severely cracked down on smugglers, and dealt repeated blows to Xixia's domestic economy.

During the war between the two countries, although on the surface it appeared that Xia State had won more victories, its country was already in dire straits. If it weren't for this, how could Li Ningming risk entry and plunder for this batch of supplies? Li Yuanhao The result of the policy of reducing military supplies and promoting looting and looting to support war.

The more the soldiers talked, the more excited they became. Suddenly, someone threw the scimitar in his hand on the ground, took off all the armor on his body, took off the helmet, and with his bald head raised his hands, he galloped towards the Song Army brigade that was blocking in front of him. This is about voluntary surrender.

This act reminded the soldiers that Song people are famous for their benevolence. According to the returned Dangxiang captives, after being captured by the Song people, they only need to praise the benefits of the Emperor of Song every day, do as they say, and act carefully. Apart from these hard labors, they seldom even received whips, and if they promised not to join the army after going back, the Song army would release them to go home after a period of enslavement; surrender is the best choice at this time, as for the future, keep it first. Let's talk about fate.

More than [-] soldiers threw away their weapons and armor one after another, and raised their hands to surrender automatically. Fan Zhongyan, who arrived late, ordered his subordinates to prepare for a deadly battle, but unexpectedly picked up a big cooking cake as soon as he arrived, and naturally accepted it unceremoniously up.

Yeli Xianzong and Wu Zangming led more than a hundred people to catch up with Li Ningming. Li Ningming looked at the few hundred people behind them and said in astonishment, "Where are the others?"

Nori Xianzong turned his head and pointed, but remained silent.

Li Ningming gritted his teeth, and the muscles on his face were tangled.Finally he let out a long sigh and said: "Alright, this is a situation where death is inevitable, so why waste your life, the two generals also surrendered."

Yeli Xianzong said in a deep voice: "Your Highness the Crown Prince, why did you say that? Is the general a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death? The general is one step ahead."

Yeli Xianzong pulled his horse and rushed out. On the opposite side, Su Jin and others had already stopped their horses and lined up when Li Ningming came head-on. Facing the western bandits who still had [-] cavalry, Su Jin, who had only [-] cavalry, naturally couldn't help it. If you dare to take it lightly, Fan Zhongyan's army has arrived ahead, and there is no need to fight to the death with these impatient gangs.

But I didn't expect that there were only more than a hundred people from the other side, and the rest surrendered to the friendly troops on the opposite side. Su Jin naturally ignored the more than 100 people.

Yeli Xianzong rushed towards him on a flying horse, Su Jin shook his head and said, "Whoever kills him, this is a general."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Hu had already slapped his horse and rushed out. The angry Ma Han scolded his mother, and shouted with his neck straight: "If you can't take more than three moves, you will get back to brother."

As if Zhao Hu hadn't heard of it, he rushed to meet Yeli Xianzong. Yeli Xianzong's weapon was a big iron spear. When he got close, he held out his gun and stabbed without answering, Zhao Hu twisted his body, and the big gun slid past him.

"The first trick!" Ma Han shouted straight.

Yeli Xianzong changed the stab into a sweep, and the big gun swept towards Zhao Hu's waist. Zhao Hu jumped up with both feet off the pedals, and the big gun pressed against the horse's back and swept away.

"The second move." Ma Han said again.

"How do you count? Zhao Hu didn't make one move, but now you have two moves." Zhang Long muttered.

"I don't care, other people's tricks count." Ma Han looked like a rascal.

Zhao Hu waited for the big gun to pass by the horse's back, and stretched out his hand to support the horse's back. At this time, the two horses had already crossed to the closest distance. With the force of the support, both feet shoveled out, hitting Nori Xianzong's chest, A strong force knocked Yeli Xianzong to the back of the flying horse and fell to the ground.

Amidst the exclamation of the soldiers of the two armies, Zhao Hu jumped down, and then swung the simple knife in his hand to slash down violently, a stream of blood spurted out, the head of Yeli Xianzong left his body, Zhao Hu stretched out his hand to grab the bald head A few small braids on the side, neatly turned on the horse, turned the horse's head and returned to the team.

The soldiers of the Song Army cheered like thunder, and even Di Qing, who was skilled in martial arts, nodded again and again. Although it could be seen that Zhao Hu was still not used to horse fighting, and the kung fu at hand was still fighting martial arts on the ground, but this did not prevent him from learning and using it flexibly. , One move will knock down the enemy general.