A great man of the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 673: Tribute from the Emperor

Zhao Xu walked to the bottom of the city, where a group of cavalry was already waiting.

The leading commander nodded and shouted: "Your Majesty, please set off!"

Zhao Xu mounted his horse, nodded slightly and said, "Let's go."

"Your Majesty, set off!"

Zhao Shu gently rode his horse and took the lead out of the city gate.

The commander looked from behind and saw that he was standing straight on the horse, and couldn't help but admire him secretly.

This great king is not weak.

Zhao Shu rode his horse forward, and the people on both sides couldn't help cheering when they saw it.

"The king is out!"

"This king looks young!"

"But you can see that he has a straight waist and is more energetic than the average young man."

"..."

Common people always like to speculate on classes they cannot see, and the prince is the object of their keen discussion.

Footsteps came loudly, and after seeing Zhao Xu, someone shouted: "Stop..."

Everyone steps hard!

boom!

Like the tranquility after thunder, the streets were silent.

Zhao Xuce immediately stepped forward, turned his eyes, and said: "The Song Dynasty has been a country for a hundred years, and there have been endless troubles on the border for hundreds of years. Now there are Western bandits provoking the border. You are ordered to go out, defeat the bandits in one battle, and let the Song war flag fly to the northwest. It will be a great achievement..."

In the past, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty went to war in a deserted state, and when they returned, regardless of victory or defeat, they were still deserted.

But today the heir to the Song Dynasty unexpectedly came, and the standard was immediately raised.

The morale of the soldiers was immediately raised.

Zhao Xu's eyes wandered around, and finally he saw Shen An outside the door of a wine shop.

This guy actually gave up the opportunity to show off to others, and he was carrying a roasted leg of lamb and gnawing on it.

“This is what I want to eat in the northwest!”

Shen An tore off a piece of meat and put a few bites into his mouth, feeling extremely satisfied.

Su Shi was carrying a fried quail and eating it happily. He squatted on the edge, with a bowl of wine at his feet. Eat a bite of meat, drink a sip of wine, and live happily.

Huang Chun said tangledly: "Lang Jun, the mutton in the northwest is delicious! It's tender!"

Shen An glanced at him sideways and said, "The mutton over there is tender, but the cook who cooked the mutton didn't wash his hands when he came out of the toilet, and sneezed on the roasted lamb. How can he eat it?"

Su Shi put down the bowl and sighed: "The key is that he put a lot of salt... It was so salty that he drank a bellyful of water one night. When he lay on the bed and moved around, his belly swayed, just like a water bladder."

Huang Chun waved to the shopkeeper, "Bring me a jar of wine."

Zhao Xu walked along there, comforting the soldiers along the way. These soldiers had never been treated so kindly before. Their faces were as red as red cloth. They wished they could turn around and kill northwest again, directly destroying Xixia.

He finally returned to the front again and asked: "If the Song Dynasty has border troubles, do you dare to attack again?"

"dare!"

Countless eyes looked at Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu raised his head slightly, "In this case, I will wait and see!"

boom!

The atmosphere was instantly ignited.

The status of warriors in the Song Dynasty has been at a historically low level from the founding of the country to the present, and even the future Ming army cannot compare with it.

In such an environment, warriors are the lower class people. The officials regard them as slaves, and people from all walks of life regard them as thieves and soldiers...

We are mud, mud that cannot hold up the wall.

So they drifted with the tide, no longer caring about the Song Dynasty, no longer caring about training...

But today the Song Dynasty Crown Prince's ardent hope made them excited.

We are not mud!

Everyone raised their chins slightly, their eyes burning with pride and emotion.

We were recognized by the prince!

Zhao Xu nodded slightly and rode back.

"Start...go!"

boom!

One step shook the street.

This was an unprecedented shock.

Su Shi, who was eating quail, saw the bowl filled with wine shaking at his feet, and the wine was rippled. He couldn't help but said: "This is the earth dragon turning over!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sound of footsteps extended, and the people in front couldn't help but move back.

"Get out of the way!"

The tiles on the roof of a shop suddenly slid down, but fortunately the people below avoided it in time.

The tiles fell to the ground and shattered. The people looked at the army in shock and didn't know what words to use to describe this shock.

The footsteps continued to shake the earth, heading towards Xuandemen.

"Only Shen An can practice such shocking steps. He has made great contributions this time..."

Han Qi turned around and asked, "Where is Shen An?"

Someone was observing the approaching array with a telescope at the top of the city. Hearing this, he said, "I seemed to be eating roasted lamb legs on the edge earlier, with Su Shi, and wolfed down the food."

"He didn't participate?"

Han Qi didn't understand Shen An even more.

Ouyang Xiu lamented: "Students all look forward to the roll call outside Donghua Gate, thinking it is the glorious moment of their lives, but Shen An avoids it. It really is true that he does not value fame and fortune."

Zhao Shu turned around and asked, "Does Song Dynasty have an advantage in this battle?"

Bao Zheng had already come up and said, "Your Majesty, the Song Dynasty has no advantage in this battle."

He organized his words and said: "The Xixia cavalry are powerful. This time, the first thing is the powerful Shenwei crossbow, which kept suppressing them. The second thing is that the soldiers used their lives... no, they fought hard."

"Desperately?"

People who have never been in a battle cannot understand or imagine that kind of scene, so Zhao Shu is a little confused.

Bao Zheng said: "I saw those soldiers... the enemy's war horses were rushing towards me. They rushed forward, slashed with their swords and axes, and then were knocked away by the horses. Your Majesty, there was blood in the air! I looked at... Those young people just left.”

Zhao Shu just thought about it for a moment and couldn't help but feel moved: "Is anyone going to back off?"

Bao Zheng shook his head and said: "No, under the military order, no one retreated. Even when enemy cavalry rushed in, our army's bows and arrows covered both the enemy and ourselves..."

Arrows were flying all over the sky, and those hit by the arrows fell not only the enemies, but also their own people.

Zhao Shu nodded and said, "He is a brave man."

Bao Zheng said: "For the Song Dynasty... Your Majesty, those soldiers shouted these words and rushed to kill bravely... They are not thieves and soldiers."

"Long live!"

At this time, shouts came from outside. Zhao Shu turned around and went back, seeing that the array had already reached the front.

"Long live!"

Zhao Shu's eyes gradually gained something else, and he said lightly: "Is it for the Song Dynasty?"

So the array under the city and the people all saw an emperor who made an exception.

Zhao Shu pulled out his long sword and pointed it diagonally at the sky.

This is an unprecedented move!

The courtiers on the side changed their expressions and were shocked by this gesture.

The people were at a loss, but the soldiers shouted with all their strength: "Long live! Long live your Majesty!"

If you respect us, then we will dare to risk our lives and fight for you and the Song Dynasty until the last moment!

Shen An was also excited. He didn't expect Zhao Shu to make such a move.

So he stood on the side and shouted: "Draw your sword and salute your Majesty!"

Choking!

He took the lead in drawing his sword, and the long black sword pointed at the sky.

Choking!

Ten thousand long knives were unsheathed, their blades icy cold, pointing slantingly at the sky.

"For the Song Dynasty!"

"For the Song Dynasty!"

Countless shouts shook Bianliang City.

"Long live……"

boom!

Ten thousand feet stepped down hard.

"Your Majesty, the prisoner sacrifice has begun."

A channel opened in the middle of the array, and the prisoners of war came slowly.

"Your Majesty, the Xixia people are brave and brave. These people are afraid of being beaten. There are many soldiers in our army who have sacrificed their lives and exchanged their lives for their lives. The bravery of the Xixia people cannot be matched."

Bao Zheng is missing his years in the northwest, but Han Qi is envious.

Zhao Shu said: "Are the Western thieves also afraid of my Song Dynasty warriors?"

Han Qi said: "Of course they will. Those thieves rely on their many horses, so they dare to be proud."

Zhao Shu looked down deeply, "War horses, the Song Dynasty will eventually have war horses."

At this moment he thought of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!

In order to defeat the Huns, the Han Dynasty paid a huge price in raising horses.

When the prisoners of war walked to the bottom of the city, someone shouted: "Kneel down!"

No one resisted, and the prisoners knelt there.

"Your Majesty, you need to give me a solution."

Zhao Shu nodded and said: "The road from here to the northwest is often damaged. Let's repair the road."

"Your Majesty has a decree... to send these people to the northwest to build roads!"

There is no doubt that this is a humiliation to Xixia.

Think about it, when the Xixia envoy galloped on the flat road, he saw these prisoners of war building the road. How would he feel?

At this time the atmosphere reached its climax.

"Smash!"

The people on both sides began to smash things, and all kinds of debris flew over. The prisoners of war no longer looked brave, and they all held their heads to avoid them.

"Stand still!"

The sergeants whipped them, deliberately slowing down the pace to make them endure more humiliation.

"Every year they come to the northwest to plunder. How many people have been killed by them, how many women have been robbed by them... smash these beasts!"

Everything was thrown at him. Shen An even saw a stool fly over and hit a prisoner of war until his head was bleeding.

The prisoners faded away, the array turned around, and headed back.

The people are watching this team.

"They defeated the Xixia people. They were not thieves."

"Yes, but many people say that they are thieves and soldiers. Only those who have no future can become warriors."

"Nonsense, if it weren't for them, Li Liangzuo would have captured the northwest this time. Think about it, how terrible that would be."

"They are all good men, not thieves!"

"Look at that man. He must have a scar on his face. It looks so deep... What is this guy if he isn't?"

"Good man!"

Someone cheered, prompting a flurry of imitators.

"It's worth it!"

Shen An and Su Shi stood behind, and he said with satisfaction: "This sacrifice of prisoners is to let the people see the glory of the Song Dynasty, but where did this glory come from? It came from the fighting of these soldiers. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net They are getting to know the martial arts people of the Song Dynasty again, this is a good start, Zizhan, I am in a great mood!"

Su Shi said: "Today the officials draw their swords more like a tribute. The warriors in the world will be inspired. If they make great achievements in the future, who dares to call them thieves and armies?"

"Shen awaits the edict, your Majesty summons you!"

Shen An turned around and looked at the city head, nodding slightly.

If the previous moment was the glorious moment for the soldiers, then the next one will be his peaceful moment of glory.

He stepped away, his feet steady.

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