Fu Song

Chapter 617
Ren Zhong hated Liao people.

He came out of the side army, and his family members died at the hands of the Liao people, so he joined the frontier army alone.When he was young, he was cared for and loved by the team leader at that time, and he regarded the team leader as his only family member.

But this relative died in the hands of the Liao people in a battle, leaving orphans and widows.

Ren Zhong took care of orphans and widows for three years, and after three years of filial piety, he married this woman.

But what happened next was far beyond his imagination.

First, the Guangxin Army they belonged to was defeated, the old general died, and those people with low positions were dispersed and assigned to other armies.

That's why he came to An Ming's command and became a member of the frontier army again.

An Ming is a young man, but he does not lack the eyes to know people. An experienced and brave man like Ren Zhong was quickly promoted to the position of battalion general under his command.

But then, life once again dealt a severe blow to Ren Zhong.

Liao people Kou Bian.

An Ming was killed by Yelvmin.

The Tianmen stronghold is broken.

Ren Zhan, who fought to the death with the Liao people by the Juma River, was wiped out after Yelumin led his troops.

Ren Zhong had to take off alone.

Song Dynasty perished.

What state of Qi, State of Zhao, and State of Jin popped up all at once.

First of all, Ren Zhong lived in Qi State.

In fact, he doesn't care whether it's Song or Qi, it doesn't matter, as a soldier, he has to work hard, and as a farmer, he has to pay food and taxes.

But he cares about one thing, that is, he will never treat Liao people like a dog.

But Qi Guo was born to be a dog of the Liao people.

In Qi State, Liao people are masters of the people. An ordinary Liao person can make the officials of Qi State nod and bow.

Ren Zhong couldn't stay any longer.

He fled with his wife and children.

First, I went to Shuibo Liangshan.

It was the lair of the defeated frontier soldiers in the past. Many frontier soldiers gathered together and raised the banner of justice for the sky.

But Ren Zhong only stayed there for two months, and then left again.

There is nothing to do justice for the sky, just a group of bandits gathered together. They robbed the government of Qi and the people of Liao, but more often they robbed ordinary businessmen and people.

As long as there is wine and meat in their own bowls, they don't care about other people's lives at all.

Ren Zhong couldn't get along with them.

He fled again.

This time, he fled all the way to the area under Xin Song's control in the south.

Under the banner of the Song Dynasty, you must always compete with the Liao people!

Fighting the Liao people may be the last obsession in Ren Zhong's heart.

The brother's child is already in his early ten years, which is considered an adult.After I had my own family, the daughter-in-law I married was a capable person, and I could survive as tenaciously as a cockroach without myself.

So Ren Zhong joined the army again.

Take revenge for your family, take revenge for your brother.

The Liao people are hateful, but those former Song people who worked for the Liao people are even more hateful.

Yelumin is the eternal pain in Ren Zhong's heart.

Once upon a time, this man was the god in his heart.

From the day the statue collapsed, Ren Zhong had been a different person.

Commander, this is his old position in the past, but for him, it is a new beginning.

Facing the Qi State's attack with almost all the strength of the whole country, and the Liao State's army may be hidden inside, Gao Yingxiang's main strategy is to defend firmly.

Use the entire defensive chain of Dangshan, Xuzhou, and Xiapi to consume and kill the opponent's vital forces.

Because of the long-planned plan, Eastern Xingyuan began to store feather arrows and various defensive materials from a very early age, which once caused a big price increase of related materials on the market.There are quite a few daring businessmen who have the audacity to go to the territory of Qi State and Zhao State to traffic such materials.

I don't know what kind of tricks these businessmen used, but in short, these materials were obtained, but there was no excessive reaction from the other side.

For Gao Yingxiang, as long as you can get it, I dare to accept it.

As for whether these businessmen have any collusion with each other, that is not his business. Naturally, it is the departments of the Imperial City Department and Zhiqiuyuan to deal with it.

Of course, defense alone is not enough, and you have to find a way to create chaos in Qi.In this regard, institutions such as the Imperial City Division and Zhiqiu Academy took action early.

For example, the Shuipo Liangshan that Ren Zhong stayed at belonged to a relatively large bandit gang. The intelligence agencies of the Xin Song Dynasty would not let it go. They sent people to persuade these people to take advantage of the emptiness in the country and just go down the mountain to do whatever they want. Get rich and make a good year.

There are still quite a lot of such bandit gangs in the territory of Qi State. It is enough for Liu Yu to have a headache if the big guys move together at this time.

And if the front line suffers another huge loss, it's hard to say whether he still has the determination to attack.

As long as this winter is over, when spring comes, even if the Liao people behind Liu Yu want to continue fighting, Liu Yu will not do it.

After all, spring plowing is about to begin.

In this battle, Liu Yu mobilized almost all of Qi's troops, a total of nearly [-] people, but the number of young and strong civilians who supplied these [-] people to fight was several times this number.

The daily consumption is huge.

If the spring plowing is really missed and the harvest is lost, how will the state of Qi support it?

"Although the focus is on defense, if there is no attack, it will inevitably lead to low morale." Gao Yingxiang said to Li Yan stationed in Dangshan and Tian Bin, the Tianping army guarding Xiapi, "I am going to gather all the cavalry."

Tian Bin thought for a while, and said, "Is the manager planning to let this cavalry insert into the enemy's rear for guerrilla warfare?"

Gao Yingxiang laughed loudly: "General Tian knows my heart well."

"But the general manager, Qi has more soldiers than us, and to be honest, our cavalry is still somewhat inferior to theirs in terms of combat capability." Tian Bin said.

"Letting them pass is not about fighting, but about restraining them!" Gao Yingxiang said with a smile: "Whether they can annihilate the enemy is not an indicator for assessing them. What I want is to drag the enemy's cavalry away. With me To lure away the enemy's upper horse, that's what I wish."

Hearing what Gao Yingxiang said, the cavalry generals present couldn't help being a little annoyed, but this is a fact, and it's impossible to argue.In the whole south, apart from the Tianying Army in Xingyuan in the central part and the cavalry under Jiang Ning's garrison Han Kai, the other cavalry units are indeed not satisfactory.

"This is a good idea." Li Yan said: "Our Dian horses are not as tall and ferocious as Hebei horses, but they are more resistant to bitter cold and less expensive. If there is food to eat, if there is no food, they will not lose weight if they eat grass roots and leaves. , Running is still vigorous, those Hebei horses will lose weight if they don’t eat food for a day, and if they run a hundred and eighty miles on the road every day, within three days, he will have to run to waste.”

Speaking of this, he glanced at the blushing cavalry generals and said, "If you successfully get rid of them, it's not like you can't attack the place, and even if you find the right opportunity, you can bite them."

Hearing this, the cavalry generals became excited one by one.

"After you go out, you need to make up your own minds, look for opportunities, and move if you can, but the premise is to protect yourself first. We won't do things that kill one thousand enemies and hurt ourselves eight hundred." Gao Yingxiang said.

"Obey!" All the generals respectfully obeyed.

"Gu Zheng!" Gao Yingxiang looked at another general.

"The end is here!"

"You are from Xingyuan Logistics in the Central Division of the General Directorate. How many troops have arrived from the direction of Jiangning?" Gao Yingxiang asked.

"The first batch of [-] forbidden troops and [-] Xiang troops have arrived. They are currently placed in Xiao County. I went to see them. The overall morale is relatively low. There are still rumors that they were sent to take the place of dead ghosts. There are hidden dangers. It’s quite big, if one fails, the camp will be blown up.” Gu Zheng was a little worried.

"Those who can come here basically have no way to go." Gao Yingxiang said: "Those who have a way have already escaped through various connections, and those who are wild-tempered have also become deserters. They are either still on the run or already After being caught with a killing stick, he was escorted to the southwest frontier. Those who can get here are basically those who have families and have scruples. In fact, Shoufu once said that such a person will become a real person after training. It is up to you to see whether the powerful army can do it. I don’t need them to become a truly powerful army now, but I need them to be supplemented when the frontline troops suffer greater losses!”

Li Yan chuckled: "It's just a few sheep, throw him into a group of hungry wolves, after a long time, I guess they will open their mouths to bite people, Lao Gu, you will not let us down. I hope that when the time comes What are added to our army are sheep that can bite people."

"Hungry dog, do you want it?" Gu Zheng looked at Li Yan, who was not afraid of the height of the stage, and asked in a cold voice.

"I wish for it!" Li Yan laughed.

Gao Yingxiang snorted and said: "It seems that you still don't understand the meaning of Shoufu, why are the rest of the army such ordinary people who look very ordinary and cowardly, and Shoufu is happier? Have you thought about it? Use your brain!"

Tian Bin looked at Li Yan and Gu Zheng who were a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Actually, the reason is very simple. When we were in Guizhou, we only recruited soldiers from good families. We absolutely don't want any rangers or anything. They have been sneaked by bandits, let alone entered the gate of the army. Basically, these people have only one way out on the Guizhou Road, and they are arrested and sent to farmland."

"Why?" Tian Bin explained: "Discipline! Shoufu believes that the army's meticulous and even dogmatic observance of discipline is the root of its strength. Those rangers and brave fighters seem to be more powerful in combat, but individual They are so powerful that they are nothing at all. These people are a double-edged sword, and most of the time, they have the opposite effect."

"So that's it!" Gu Zheng was thoughtful.

"So the [-] people in Xiaoxian County are all good embryos. It depends on how they are hammered! If they are properly forged, they are an integral part of the best soldiers. If they are forged and useless, they can only be found." Let’s garrison the fields.” Tian Bin laughed and said, “A mighty general like Han Kai is rare in the world, but good soldiers like this are everywhere.”

At the end of the military meeting, [-] cavalrymen were assembled in the entire eastern Xingyuan, and they were divided into two attack groups, one led by He Jun and the other led by Han Chong.

In Dangshan, Li Yan commanded [-] people to defend, Xiapi and Tianpi led [-] Tianping troops to guard, and Gao Yingxiang personally led [-] troops to sit in Xuzhou, the main battlefield.At the same time, troops of various numbers were also stationed in Xiao County, Suqian and other places behind to maintain a certain degree of security.

It just opened in December, and the Central Plains, which had been silent for half a year, once again sounded the sound of gold and iron horses.

But the first to be attacked was Li Yan who guarded Dangshan.

At this moment, the Zhao army from Shangqiu and Songcheng, under the command of Xiao Bo, Zhao Guoxiangguo, stormed Xiayi. Yi, another place, will be flanked by the troops of Qi and Zhao.

After these two places fell, it was equivalent to tearing a huge hole in the defense line, and Xuzhou was also in danger.

Fifty steps below the city, there are many Song army formations, and three battalions of [-] people are deployed below the city, echoing the defenders on the city.

Even if he was defending, Li Yan didn't want to hide in the city. He wanted to give the opponent a warning when the enemy first arrived, and let the opponent know the price they would have to pay if they wanted to attack Dangshan.

In the bitter cold wind, Ren Zhong was bare-chested and backless, and the scars on his body were shocking.

Holding a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, he shouted sharply: "Brothers, behind you, there is your new home, your family, your house, and your field. Now, the Liao people and their dogs are coming again!" Come, they just don’t want us to live a good life in Ansheng. Since they don’t want us to have a good life, then they don’t want to live a good life, and they will kill the dog.”

The five hundred strong men below shouted in unison.

The knife struck the shield, and Ren Zhong shouted again: "Brother, I have fought eighty battles instead of one hundred. Here, let me say one more thing to my brothers, those who are afraid of death often die first, and those who are not afraid of death can live to the end of their lives." In the end, when the drums of war sound, we will advance without retreating, and if we fight against the enemy, I am invincible!"

"As soon as the drums sound, there will be no retreat. If you fight against the enemy, you will be invincible!" Han Qiqi of the five hundred soldiers slapped their shields with knives, echoing the howling cold wind.

In the distance, the sound of war drums on the Qi army's position was loud, and on the city wall, the war drums also sounded.

The cavalry came roaring.

On the city wall, crossbows and trebuchets started to fire. The crossbows with the thickness of a child's arm traversed the entire battlefield, and those stones falling from the sky made people feel like the end was coming.

Some cavalry fell from their horses, but more cavalry flexibly avoided these blows from afar, and still launched an impact on Fang's infantry phalanx.

The two phalanxes in front of the word "Daopin" split open suddenly, exposing the Liannu inside.

It has half the range of the crossbow, but can fire six at a time.

There are about twenty units hidden in each camp.

Forty repeating crossbow machines fired [-] continuous crossbows in an instant. This was completely unexpected by the opposing cavalry. Those who rushed forward were shot down to the ground by both men and horses.

For those who escaped by chance, they only have one way out, which is to rush to the gap in the middle of the inverted pin shape.

Ren Zhong's [-] people are the last of the Daopin glyph.

Of the three battalions out of the city, two are Li Yan's direct descendants, and one is Ren Zhong.

(End of this chapter)