Fu Song

Chapter 308 Cannibalization
The wind rolled up the snow seeds on the ground and hit the armor, clanging, and the sky was overcast. It should be noon now, but it looked like it was going to be dark soon.The thick layers of clouds seem to be within reach of one's hand.

The two soldiers and horses faced each other on the snow field under such weather.

There seemed to be a huge difference in the number of soldiers and horses in the two groups. The one with the north and the south was dark and dense, and it was almost impossible to see the edge, probably tens of thousands of people.But the other seems to be only three to five thousand riders.

However, if you look closely, there are countless old and weak women and children mixed in on the side with a large number of people. Now those people are driving their carriages in panic, and their cattle and sheep are fleeing further north. There are only a few thousand probably elite tribal armed forces. , before stopping in front of the enemy.

This fleeing tribe is a tribe of the Zobu people under the rule of the Liao Kingdom.

Unfortunately, they offended someone they shouldn't have offended, Xiao Ding, Xiao Changqing, the chief of the Song Dynasty's western march.

Mo Gusi, the chief patriarch of the Bubu tribe in the north, now knows that he has been fooled by Yeluhuan, the Governor of Xijing Road in the Liao Kingdom.

In this world, where is there such a thing as a pie in the sky?

Why did Yeluhuan give him this large piece of fertile grassland to herd his flock?
Now Mo Gusi knew, because on the other side of this fat grassland lived a hungry wolf.

But Mo Gusi also knew that he couldn't blame Yelvhuan for anything.Because before coming here, Yeluhuan had told him about this matter, talking about the Song army under the Montenegro was very stubborn and repeatedly violated the border.

Mo Gusi, who was dazzled by the vast territory, didn't take what Yeluhuan said lightly to his heart.At that time, because he was defeated by the Xizhubu tribe, he was in a state of panic, and urgently needed a place to recuperate.Besides, how fierce can Song Jun be?
It’s not that Mo Gusi looked down on the Song Army. He was conscripted by the Liao Emperor to fight against the Song Army. The Song Army’s infantry were indeed very good, but for the cavalry who came and went erratically, and fled away immediately after missing a hit, they always There is no good way.

The Song Army did not have enough cavalry.

Even those limited cavalry are not afraid to fight alone. They are completely a piece of food. Only when they are combined with the infantry of the Song Army can they exert their power.

Besides, Mo Gusi also found out that under the Black Mountain, the Song Army only stationed a battalion of infantry and built a small earthen city that could only come and go within a hundred steps.

This small earth city named by Xiao Changqing as Xishou surrendered city also serves as a trading market.

Whether it is the Khitan, Zub, Xi, or Uyghur, they can trade freely here.

Of course, the transactions here are all taxed to the Song people in the surrendered city.

Never, never, never, never attacked Xishoujiang City.

But the things in the market are really eye-catching.

Especially when he knew that mountains of grassland hard currency such as grain, salt, and cloth had arrived in the trading market.

The Song people are too cunning, and when they do business with them, the diviners are always deceived by them.

Grabbing is a more cost-effective thing.

That trading market is so huge, although it is built on the back of the city of Xishoujiang, it has no defense force.Those businessmen seem to believe that no one dares to touch them.

Mogus succeeded.

It took almost no effort.

The battalion of [-] Song soldiers didn't even dare to leave the surrendered city, watching helplessly as the merchants and their record guards in the trading market outside the city were killed and their things were robbed.

Mogus made a fortune.

But it also brought bad luck.

Xiao Ding, the marching chief of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty, set his eyes on him.

It wasn't until this time that he figured it out, but the commander of the Western Army had a lot of cavalry.

The opponent not only has many cavalry, but also is well equipped, and is extremely fierce.

The opponent's cavalry team is a hodgepodge, not only Song people, but more Dangxiang people, Tubo people, Uyghur people, Uyghur people, Xi people, and even their divination people.

Although they looked like a cobbled together team, their fighting power was so terrifying. After confronting them face to face once, Mogus no longer wanted to fight them head-on.

Because during the battle, he seemed to see an army that he would never dare to provoke, the Liao Emperor's pro-army, the Pi Shi Army.

The fighting power of this self-proclaimed Iron Harrier is no less than that of the Pishi Army.

Yeluhuan tricked him over, but it was just to erect a barrier between him and Xiao Ding, that old bastard was just using him as a shield.

Fight, you can't win.

Escape, can't escape.

Reconciliation, compensation, people ignore.

When Mogus knew how Xiao Ding dealt with the troops who watched the merchants being killed and the market robbed in the city of Xishoujiang, he completely gave up any thought of bargaining with the other party, and ran away with all his heart.

The infantry with only [-] men, when facing thousands of cavalry, chose to stick to the city. In the view of Mogus, it was a wise choice, because if they go out of the city, they will inevitably be defeated by their own attacks. The whole army was destroyed.

But Xiao Ding obviously didn't think so.

The battalion general was executed, and his head was hung on the ruined trading market.

The other soldiers and officers carried out the killing order, and one out of ten people was beheaded on the spot.

Fifty heads, together with their battalion generals, became the decoration on the ruins.

Killing them is the law of the army.

It is because they cannot protect the merchants in those trading markets.

Xiao Ding believes that an army must protect the people under its command.No matter where these businessmen come from, as long as they pay taxes, they have the responsibility to protect them.

You must not shrink back just because the enemy is powerful, and sit back and watch the people under your command be massacred and their property looted.

If these people die in battle, they will receive the highest honor, their families will be properly taken care of, and their relatives and children will have the priority to enter the Iron Harrier and Bubazi.

The rest of the battalion became Mr. Zhuang.

A death squad that takes the lead in charging on the battlefield.

The battle death rate of Gong Gongzi ranks first among the Western Army.

Where the most dangerous, they will appear there.

They want to use their own blood to wash away their humiliation.

After the tenth battle, only those who survived can return to Bubazi or Iron Harrier, and of course they can also choose to retire.After retiring, you can still enjoy the treatment of ordinary people.

The combat effectiveness of the Western Army, in addition to good equipment, generous rewards, and the extremely high status bonus enjoyed by soldiers, is also these extremely strict military disciplines.

Would rather die in battle than flee.

A wound on the chest is a hero, and a wound on the back is a bear.

With such an army, Mogus lost five out of five battles.

By now, he understood that Yeluhuan was using him as a shield, and Xiao Ding on the opposite side was using him to occupy the territory of the Liao people.

Now Xiao Ding has been chasing him for hundreds of miles across the Black Mountain, and he has penetrated into the territory of the Liao people, but he still pursues him desperately, and there are very good reasons.

If the opponent really wanted to completely defeat him, he would have already done so.But they drove themselves here like ducks. With so many family members, they couldn't run away from the opponent's army.

Now, perhaps the last moment.

Xiao Ding's penetration may have caused Yeluhuan to rush to the threat, and he had already started mobilizing the army.

As long as I hold on for another two days, I might be able to survive absolutely.

Mogus stared at the iron kite opposite, with a ruthless look in his eyes.

On the opposite side of him, Xiao Ding also felt that it was almost the same, and if he went forward, he would probably provoke a massive counterattack from Yeluhuan, and the current advantage was almost taken.

The Liao people do not have a strong concept of territory, or this may be related to the fact that their territory is too broad.

After defeating Mogus, Xiao Ding plans to build another earthen city here, which will be named Zhongshoujiang City.Then erect a boundary marker here.

In the future, Yeluhuan will attack aggressively, and if they can't fight, they can retreat.However, the Zhongshou surrendered city stands here, and the boundary monument stands here, so I will have enough excuses to fight back to regain the lost ground in the future.

As for the manpower needed to build the city, aren't there tens of thousands of diviners in front of us?
Just take advantage of it.

His hand gently caressed the long knife at his waist.

The scabbard of the wooden carving is very simple and unremarkable, without any features. When the knife is pulled out, it is dark and inconspicuous, but only those who have held the knife will know how heavy it is. Anyone who has seen the knife , I realized how sharp this knife is.

The floating light under his crotch neighed in excitement.

This horse originally belonged to Xiao Yu.

Later Xiao Qi escaped on horseback and fell into Xiao Ding's hands.

This is a real one-in-a-million horse. It was really a waste of its talent to be raised in the backyard of Xiao's house. After it went to the battlefield, its supernatural talent was exposed all at once.

He is the king of all horses.

As long as Fuguang is charging, even those war horses that have lost their masters will follow behind it and attack the enemy.

"Xin Jian, lead [-] cavalry, outflank the left wing!"

"Zhou Huan, lead [-] cavalry, outflank the right wing!"

"This general, lead two thousand riders, and go straight in the middle."

With a choking sound, Xiao Ding drew his knife out of its sheath and pointed the halberd forward.

"As ordered!"

The two generals took orders in unison, turned their horses and drove towards the headquarters.

After a while, the sound of hooves was rumbling, and the two cavalry teams circled an arc and charged towards the Beizhanbu Department in the distance.

"Attack!" Xiao Ding gave an order, clamped the horse between his legs, and shouted excitedly, and leaped forward with all four hooves flaring.

Fuguang's starting speed is far faster than that of ordinary war horses, which often makes Xiao Ding lead the charge in person. He often rushes to the forefront alone, and often encounters dangers that ordinary generals will not encounter.

Xiao Ding is bold and fearless, but his subordinates don't think so.

Later, Zhang Yuan even gave orders to all the generals, if he found Xiao Ding charging at the front again, he would severely punish the generals of the unit after he came back.

Xiao Ding prefers to use the cavalry, because when leading the cavalry to charge, he can charge at the head.

If you have a large number of infantry under your command, it won't work.At that time, Xiao Ding had to sit and command under the banner of his Chinese army.

It has been a long time since Xiao Ding tried such a charge and fight like today.

As the general manager of the Western Army, when he was at the forefront of everything, he was actually getting farther and farther away from him.

The sound of bugles, shouts, neighing of war horses, and even the roar of the enemy made Xiao Ding extremely excited.

"Kill!" At the moment when the two sides handed over, Xiao Ding's tongue burst into spring thunder, and with a roar, the sharp blade in his hand cut off the opponent's long knife, and slit the opponent's throat along the way.

Not deep, just enough to cut the throat.

Just enough to be lethal.

The iron kite led by Xiao Ding himself inserted into the tofu like a burner's tongs, cutting through the army lineup of the Beizhubu people like a bamboo.

The Beizhubu people played much better than the previous times this time, because they also knew that if they lost this battle again, they would lose everything, and their wives and children were right behind them.

They blocked the iron kite's attack side by side.

But bravery, courage can't make up for the gap in equipment, tactics, or military discipline. When the number of people fighting is about the same, but one side is at a disadvantage compared with the other in all aspects, then failure is also It's just a matter of time.

Cavalry battles are won faster and, of course, lost faster than infantry battles.

From noon onwards, within an hour, Mo Gusi's Beibu army collapsed across the board.

As the night fell, Morgus fled, leaving his tribe behind in a panic with the last of his core elite.

More than [-] Beizhan divination people fell into Xiao Ding's hands.

Rows of able-bodied Zoubu men knelt on the ground with their hands tied behind their backs, and behind them were more old and weak women and children.They were kneeling or sitting, cuddling each other tightly, their faces numb and their eyes lifeless.

They know what's next for them.

On the prairie, everything owned by the loser will be owned by the winner.

"Boss, is it still the old rule, ten kills one?" Xin Jian was sitting on top of a dead body, wiping his mace vigorously with a piece of animal skin, when he saw Xiao Ding approaching, he jumped up and laughed asked.

"No, I won't kill this time, because I want to build a new city here!" Xiao Ding said.

Xin Jian laughed: "Is it the same as the surrendered city of Xishou?"

"Of course!" Xiao Ding nodded.

Of course, it is impossible to build a real city in a short period of time, especially in such weather.When the Xishoujiang City was first built, it was an earthen fortress, and four or five hundred people could barely be squeezed in.Later, after the Western Army gained a firm foothold, it slowly expanded to its current scale.

Now this city, of course, is also handled in the same way.

In Xiao Ding's words, it is to erode the territory of Xijing Road bit by bit.

Yeluhuan has always coveted the fertile land under the Montenegro. In Li Xu's era, Yeluhuan was nibbling away at the pastures under the Montenegro. But now it's the other way around. It's Xiao Ding's turn to take a piece today and tomorrow. It's devouring Yeluhuan's territory.

It is now hundreds of miles away from Montenegro.

Xiao Ding doesn't plan to garrison troops on a large scale, but he still needs to get one for something symbolic.

To prepare for the future, the teacher is famous.

(End of this chapter)