Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 713 Xuanwu Legion
To the northwest of Linzhou City, there is an inconspicuous three-story restaurant. Around the restaurant, there are nearly a hundred soldiers of the Xuanwu Legion of Xiangfu Kingdom with swords on their backs, and dozens of legends from Xiangfu Kingdom and Linzhou. Xinbing.

On the third floor of the restaurant near the window, Zhan Xiongwu took a look at the Linzhou general in front of him, feeling a little dissatisfied that Yang Chongxun, the head of the Yang family, did not contact him personally, and sent a so-called capable general over, but when he thought of Yang Chongxun The brotherly relationship with the general is not much.

After Hu Sanguang met Yang Chongxun of Linzhou, he produced some extremely secret information and corresponding evidence, and after a lot of coercion and temptation, he finally completed the task that Yang Jiye failed to accomplish——Yang Chongxun agreed to form an alliance with Xiangfu Kingdom, Fight against the Song army together.And after consultations, Linzhou was under the pressure of the Song Dynasty army. When panicked, he did not dare to violate the will of the Song Dynasty court. He pretended to follow the order of the Song Dynasty court and asked Gao Huaide to send an army into the city to take over Linzhou city defense.Then Xiangfu Kingdom sent Zhan Xiongwu to lead the Xuanwu Army and the Linzhou Army to set up an ambush in Linzhou City to help him break through the Song Army sent by Gao Huaide and defend Linzhou.

Zhan Xiongwu narrowed his eyes slightly, and thought carefully about the tasks his Xuanwu Army had to undertake in the strategy drawn up by the general. He was sure that there should be no problems, and said to a Linzhou general: "I hope the cooperation will go well."

The Linzhou general said respectfully: "I, Linzhou, are very grateful to His Majesty the Emperor of Xiangfu Kingdom for extending a helping hand. However, Gao Huaide led the Song army with great momentum, and I ask General Zhan to take care of his own safety."

"Although Gao Huaide was defeated by our army of Xiangfu Kingdom four months ago, one of the main reasons was that he sent troops privately, without the support of the Song Dynasty court and the official government of Yongxing Army Road. He is indeed a famous general of his generation, and Acting decisively, this time with the full support of the court of the Song Dynasty, he is even more arrogant, but he doesn't understand a truth, I, His Majesty the Emperor of the Xiangfu Kingdom, have never been defeated once since I was born."

The Linzhou general said happily: "If His Royal Highness can feel the confidence of the general at this time, he must be even more pleased."

Zhan Xiongwu is the chief general of the Xuanwu Army, one of the four major armies of the Xiangfu Kingdom. He is responsible for the garrison of Yinzhou and Xiazhou. Suddenly, it will appear in Linzhou!
Since he appeared here, his army is naturally also in Linzhou City.

The 2000 heavy cavalry is formed from [-] people who are the strongest, most powerful, and have the strongest horse-charging combat skills selected from the entire army of Xiangfu Kingdom, including the party's [-] cavalry, and then sent to Xiangfu Kingdom. Established at the beginning of the country The teaching brigade under the training department of the school finally became an army after three months of special devil training by Hei Yue.Their pay is twice that of ordinary cavalry.

This current dispatch is also the first time that the Xuanwu Legion has carried out a mission since its establishment.The morale of the whole army is naturally high.Moreover, in order to deceive people, the Xuanwu Legion marched at night and sneaked into Linzhou quietly.

Zhan Xiongwu walked to the railing of the restaurant, looked towards the south of Linzhou, looked at the increasingly bright sky, as if he heard the hooves of the [-] Song cavalry sent by Gao Huaide.

Gao Huaide led the [-] Northwest Frontier Army and the [-] Beijing Imperial Army sent by the Song Dynasty court. While confronting Xiangfu Kingdom on the border, he was determined to win Linzhou City.Regardless of the brotherly relationship between General Yang Jiye and Yang Chongxun, Xiangfu Kingdom only said that for Xiangfu Kingdom's own interests, it is impossible for Gao Huaide to take Linzhou so easily, because Linzhou's strategic location is too important.

Zhan Xiongwu's expression became serious as he thought about the information that Hu Sanguang's men kept sending him --- the movement of Zhejia in Fuzhou was unknown, and the movement in Khitan was suspicious.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Xiangfu Kingdom, various forces in the northwest were undercurrents, not to mention the Great Song Dynasty, Fuzhou Zhejia, Tubo, Huihu, and Khitan because Ye Chen refused to agree to the fourth condition of the "betrothal gift". The attitude is also inexplicable. In short, there are murderous intentions hidden around the border of Xiangfu country. For the safety of Xiangfu country, this battle must be fought.

This is the battle of Dingding after the establishment of Xiangfu Kingdom.

It must be won, and Gao Huaide and Song State must be severely injured and hurt at once.

There is an inconspicuous mansion somewhere in the northwest of Linzhou City, which is the ancestral residence of the Yang family, the lord of Linzhou.

Yang Chongxun, who was supposed to be in Linzhou City Lord's Mansion, brought the Yang family's direct family members in this ancestral house at this time.

Looking at the dusty books on the bookshelf, Yang Chongxun suddenly remembered the scene of many years ago, when he followed his elder brother Yang Jiye to learn the art of war and martial arts at his father's knees. There was a nostalgic smile on his face, but then it turned into a complicated and painful expression. , but finally turned into a look of absolute and decisive.

Then he gradually calmed down and walked out of the study.

Yang Chongxun said, "Is there any news from the restaurant?"

A subordinate reported: "Xiangfu Kingdom's Xuanwu Army has not moved, and is waiting for the arrow to send a message."

"For my Yang family's hereditary duke, to completely solve the hidden dangers and worries of more than ten years, it seems that the initial sacrifice is always inevitable."

Yang Chongxun said: "Then let out a loud arrow and notify everyone in the city."

Not long after his voice fell, a shrill arrow shot straight at the night sky in the government office across the street. The sound of this arrow lasted for a long time, and I believe everyone in the city could hear it.

Yang Chongxun looked at the voice that gradually dissipated, and after a long silence, he suddenly said: "I heard that each of the two thousand heavy cavalry newly formed by Xiangfu Kingdom is one of a hundred strong fighters. A thousand heavy cavalry can fight against [-] light cavalry without defeat."

Heavy armored cavalry is the most terrifying combat force in field battles. Even a powerful super-class martial arts master can't resist fifty heavy armored cavalry. However, there is nothing perfect in the world, and heavy armored cavalry also has its weaknesses.

Heavy armored cavalry is too heavy to run long distances, and affected by the armor, its flexibility in narrow areas is not as good as that of light cavalry. This is the most obvious weakness of heavy armored cavalry.

The biggest problem is that the maintenance cost of heavy cavalry is really astonishing.The heavy cavalry warriors themselves have high requirements, and they are all strong and powerful, and the horses of the heavy cavalry must be tall and strong Dawan horses or good horses among northern Mongolian horses.These horses are all worth hundreds of gold.In addition, a heavy cavalry needs to be equipped with a large number of retinues and auxiliary soldiers, which is extremely expensive. In today's world, except for the Song Dynasty, that is, the Xiangfu Kingdom, which is good at making money and collecting money, has the ability to organize a heavy armored cavalry.Even Khitan is unwilling to spend huge sums of money to form heavy armored cavalry.

However, heavy cavalry is called a heavy weapon on the battlefield, which naturally has a reason. This kind of cavalry, which has been given the mission of charging and charging from the day of its birth, is the nightmare of countless enemies.

The streets of Linzhou's capital city are long, straight and dense. Logically speaking, it is not suitable for heavy cavalry to charge in formation. But now that there is the cooperation of Linzhou's local army, Gao Huaide's commanders are all light cavalry that need more mobility and flexibility. , On the contrary, it can let the Xuanwu Heavy Cavalry give full play to its impact.

No matter in terms of strategy or specific tactical arrangements, Yang Jiye, Zeng Shangfei, and Zhan Xiongwu have all led the General Staff of the Military Hub to carry out repeated deduction. If there is no unexpected situation, the Song Dynasty sent Gao Huaide Thirty thousand cavalry, after tonight, will become a short record in the history books and a joke on the street.

The sound of arrows resounded through the night sky.

Zhan Xiongwu's personal soldiers near the restaurant, with long sabers on their backs, looked up at the sky with a calm and confident expression.

Zhan Xiongwu looked at the ringing arrow, and ordered softly: "Attack."

Gao Huaide also heard the loud arrow.

The corners of his lips were raised higher, and his expression was joyful and complicated.He thought of the secret letter sent by Zhou Hongcheng, the transfer envoy of the Yongxing Army Road who was in Jingzhao Mansion more than a month ago, and couldn't help but sighed. Although he knew that such an ingenious and grand scheme should not be something that Zhou Hongcheng could have imagined, It has even been guessed that Yufeng, the Great Elder of the Holy Church, is probably related to Zhou Hongcheng, but so what?Compared with the holy hall, the biggest enemy of Song Dynasty now is Xiangfu Kingdom and Ye Chen.

"Ye Chen's victories over the years have relied too much on the ability of his terrorist intelligence personnel. Although Yang Jiye is powerful, he is a person who values ​​affection or believes in family affection. However, they forget that in a war, although intelligence is important, Some information may be deliberately let them know by the enemy. As for Yang Jiye... Family affection sometimes cannot stand any test in the face of sufficient interests."

Gao Huaide looked at the generals and said: "Forty thousand infantry is enough to guard the forty thousand party cavalry of Tuoba Gelu and Li Guangshun, and the commander himself leads thirty thousand light cavalry, enough to decide everything."

"The curtain has opened. This is the first battle of the Great Song Dynasty against the rebels after rebelling against Ye Chen. Twenty thousand cavalry have already entered the city. This commander is old. In order to command Zhan Xiong Wu's ten thousand troops, all of them must be killed. This commander personally led [-] cavalry to cut off the retreat of the Xuanwu Army... or to block the reinforcements from the Xiangfu Kingdom."

Khitan, go to Beijing.

Although Yu Daoxiang does not hesitate to consume her true energy every day to dredge the meridians and nourish the body of the Empress Dowager of Liao Kingdom, but the condition of the Empress Dowager is still getting worse and worse. According to Yu Daoxiang's estimation, she will not live for three years at most. sky.

On the same day that Zhan Xiongwu led the Xuanwu Army to sneak into the city of Linzhou, the gloomy Yu Daoxiang met Zhang Wumeng.

"Xiangfu Country is at stake. Doesn't Princess Haoyue want to help Ye Chen overcome this difficulty?" Zhang Wumeng said straight to the point.

Yu Daoxiang's expression froze when he heard the words, and he looked at Zhang Wumeng with fixed eyes like lightning, and said, "Why did Master Zhang say that?"

Zhang Wumeng said: "The time left for you Xiangfu Kingdom is running out, and the poor will not make detours."

(End of this chapter)