Fu Song

Chapter 723
The wrist vibrated, and the long whip was pulled by a whip, making a crisp crackling sound. In fact, it did not fall on the scalper, but the scalper dragging the plow suddenly accelerated.

How could Xu Qi be willing to whip his old scalper!

Looking up to the other side, her own woman was holding a small planting hoe in her hand, squatting on the ground, waving the small hoe, and every time she dug a hole, she took out a small seedling from the small cloth bag tied around her waist. , carefully planted into the ground.

Xu Qi was proficient at the method, and he plowed the few acres of land that belonged to him without much effort, and then lifted the rake to make the loosened soil into ridges one by one.

After he finished these ridges, the woman on the other side also finished her work, and walked over with a big blue of green seedlings, and began to plant those ridges on the ridge that Xu Qi had made. Young sprouts were inserted inside.

Xu Qi, on the other hand, carried two large buckets, filled them with water from the ditch beside the road in the distance, poured a ladle full of water into every young shoot.Sometimes when he sees that some ground kela is relatively large, Xu Qi will knead it into powder.

"Master, what kind of sweet potato is this? Can it work? I've never grown it before. I think it's safer to grow wheat!" The woman felt a little worried.

"It's from a woman's family, with long hair and short knowledge. This sweet potato was brought back from the south with great difficulty by our little Taiwei Zhang. I heard that people have been planting it there for two years. It's just some poor land. , can also produce a thousand catties, a good land like ours, if you take care of it, two thousand catties is not a problem. No matter how careless you are to grow wheat, it will only be three or four hundred catties a year at most, can it compare?" Xu Qi snorted and said.

"Isn't this something you've never seen before? Just by hearing people say it, who knows if it's true!"

"Little Taiwei Zhang will lie to us?" Xu Qi said angrily: "Besides, the only ones who can plant it are those of us who have fought with Xiao Zhang Taiwei in the mountains! Others are not qualified to plant it !"

After a spring rain, those green seedlings that looked sluggish before all stood up and stretched their bodies to their heart's content. In the villages around Jingzhao Mansion, every strong man put on his armor again. , put on the horizontal knife, raised the spear, walked out of the house, and walked towards the county along the country road.

A soldier who cannot decide to move forward will not live longer on the battlefield than a soldier who moves forward bravely. On the contrary, he is afraid that he will die sooner.

Si Chao, once one of the main generals of the Hedong Army of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhang Xingqian, the Sidihu of the Imperial City Division in Hedong.

The army led by Zhang Cheng was also deceived by the forged Luo Song letter sent by Zhang Xingqian, and finally fell into an ambush by the Liao people and the Hedong army, and almost the entire army was wiped out. After leading the division to break through, there was no longer a foothold on Shaanxi Road. Land, can only escape into the Qinling Mountains.

At the same time, Li Yi, the guard of Shentangbao under the Western Army, led [-] defenders under his command, and also launched an attack on Yan'an Mansion.

At that time, it was very poor. A set of armor was divided into several pieces, and everyone wore them separately.

The team he led two days ago discovered the enemy fleeing ahead.

Looking up at the person who was still slowly burning on the tall flagpole, he couldn't help but tremble.

Si Chao and Zhang Xingqian, the general guard of Yan'an Mansion of the Jin Army, abandoned the city and fled.

Li Yi, the guard of Shentangbao of the Western Army, looked up at the city wall of Sanchuankou not far ahead. Over the years, the friction between the Western Army and the incoming Jin army has never stopped.But every time the Western Army came here, they stopped.

If soldiers lose their spirits and are bound by family affection, they will inevitably think about things and look forward and backward when they go to the battlefield.

"After the spring plowing is over, we will gather. You are at home, so you can take care of the land and raise your son and daughter well!" Sitting on the ridge of the field, gnawing sesame seed cakes and sipping herbal tea, staring at his own land, mouth But he was talking about the upcoming war.

Behind them are the earnest eyes and sincere expectations of their family members.

In this battle, Zhang Cheng suffered the most. He lost everything on Shaanxi Road.

In mid-May, Zhang Cheng, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu in the Song Dynasty, assembled more than [-] troops and launched an attack on the former Shaanxi Road Yan'an Mansion occupied by Liu Quanyi, the state of Jin.

But such a thing will not appear under his command.

"Okay, brother, I really didn't think you were such a person, brother I was sorry for you in the past!"

When they were on the mountain, their cavalry could only play a limited role, and most of the time, they served as logistical support for the infantry.But down the mountain, it's completely different.

When the shadow completely coincides with the bamboo pole, it is the last time for assembly.

"You, you gave me the horse, what do you do?" Looking at this lieutenant with whom he didn't get along very well, Si Chao was stunned.

Xu Qi and the others are those lucky ones who survived back then.

Combat, for people like him, is already commonplace. When we were on the mountain, when the trumpet sounded, everyone picked up the guys and left.

All the team trainers also began to gather.

The Western Army launched an attack on Sanchuankou with a large number of gunpowder weapons.

First, he fought against the people on the other side of the river and defeated the soldiers and horses in the east of the river, so he had to directly confront the people of Liao.

The fall of Sanchuankou means that Yan'an Mansion has opened the door to the Western Army.

The opponent wanted to delay their pursuit, but they couldn't escape openly. Now there were at least dozens of pursuit teams like them, and these fleeing people couldn't speed up at all in order to avoid them.

"I'll give you the horse, if you switch between the two horses, maybe you can escape!" Zhang Xingqian said, "None of us can escape like this."

Zhang Xingqian walked up to Si Chao and handed him the reins of the war horse in his hand.

Although these people are all wearing the armor of soldiers, but their tall horses are not something that a soldier can own. In the process of chasing, you can also see some gold and silver thrown by them. Ordinary soldiers can have these things ?
Naturally Xu Qi wanted the gold and silver, but he also wanted the credit for catching those enemies in front of him.

When half of the shadow of the pole was left, the fifty riders under his command had already appeared in front of him in full length.

He was also a little worried that these guys under his command would be tortured by his wives and children after returning home, so he lost his temper!
This time, we will go out to fight together, and we won't be able to come back in a while.

Thinking of the desperate situation back then, these people were all furious.

"Let's go!" Getting on his horse, Xu Qi laughed and said, "In the future, when fighting the Liao people, the cavalry will be the main force. In the past, we were always laughed at by the infantry on the mountain. From now on, we will let the infantry eat ashes!"

"Fate, I have to escape. Don't let the enemy cook it in one pot. You know what I used to do. I haven't forgotten what I did back then. Give it a try and see if you can escape!" Zhang Xing dry road. "If we're lucky, we'll see you in Qingjian City!"

The woman bowed her head and stopped talking.

"What do you mean?" Si Chao asked.

Sure enough, now they were caught up by him again.

"Si Chao, you have your day too!" Zhang Cheng kicked him to the ground, "By the way, what about your lieutenant general Zhang Xing? He was that idiot back then, and he sent me to Luo Xianggong one after another. That letter convinced me that I fell into your trap, haha, you bastards, the tens of thousands of brothers from the Imperial Army who died here in battle are now laughing, did you hear that?"

It's not that we won't fight, it's just that the time has not come yet.

Xu Qi was very satisfied with the complete armor and stomach, the spirit of war horses, and the high-spirited looks of each one.

The Western Army occupied one third of Shaanxi Road without any effort, and with the support of Liao people, Liu Quanyi occupied one third, and the other third was snatched by Cui Ang, the king of Zhao at that time. go.

Xu Qi led his horse and stood outside the city, looking at the reflection of a pole erected in front of him under the sun.

Lie on the ground and listened for a while, Zhang Xing said.

A good knife is like your own life,
It is completely incomparable with now.

A few days later, Zhang Cheng's army continued to advance, targeting Taiyuan, the capital of Hedong.

Xu Qiyue got off the horse, picked up a small stick, and stirred the horse manure on the ground. Looking at the shape of the horse manure, he couldn't help laughing.

As for the combat effectiveness of the Liao people, although they have not dealt with them directly, just because the Liao people occupied Hebei Road, broke through the city of Tokyo, and captured the two emperors of the Song Dynasty, we know that they are definitely not good enemies.

Zhang Yunsheng, General Zhang Yunsheng of the Brave Army Division of the Left Wing of the Western Army, led an army of [-] troops to attack Lanzhou again in early June.

And the one who gained the most was not Liu Quanyi from the east of the river, but Xiao Ding from the Western Army.

Li Yi sneered.

Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, it's not that they will not be rewarded, it's just that the time has not yet come.

Si Chao stopped talking, jumped on the horse, rode one, led the other, and ran forward.

"Hang it up and light the sky lantern!" Zhang Cheng said coldly: "Let the ghosts who died here in the battle all those years ago be seen. I, Zhang Cheng, are back, and our Song army is back again! All the traitors, Don't even want to live!"

It wasn't until he saw who was coming that he breathed a sigh of relief.

All the soldiers who returned to their hometown to help with the spring plowing were returning to the army as quickly as possible.

He looked back at an officer beside him, and said, "Before dark, I'm going to enter Sanchuankou for dinner!"

On the other side, Zhang Cheng's main force also came fiercely.

For them, the hard life is almost over. When they were on the mountain, a shack, a piece of slope land, a year of hard work, and they couldn’t fill their stomachs. Just eat.

Looking at the appearance of his subordinates, Xu Qi knew that they were still them.

Because the other person Liu Quanyi wanted to kill at that time, the Hedong Road appointed by the imperial court was in charge of Wang Jun's escape route, and he ran all the way to Luowu City to find the general of the Western Army Zhang Yunsheng, and then the Western Army made a big move to kill Liu Quanyi's son-in-law, the default King Qin High to cut.

The enemy had just left not long ago, and it seemed that their war horses should not even have food for a day or two, and could only eat grass to satisfy their hunger.

So looking at this opponent who was kneeling and trembling in front of him now, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Speaking of which, Si Chao really had never had any face-to-face contact with Zhang Cheng, but he had personally deceived him. Si Chao always ended up like this. If he fell into Zhang Cheng's hands, he would die even worse.

"Yo ho ho!" The cavalry laughed and got on their horses, whipped their horses, and galloped towards the assembly point.

It is conceivable that Zhang Cheng hated people like Si Chao.

Those who are not afraid of death live longer, and those who are afraid of death are often the first to die.

Looking at his back, a sneer appeared on the corner of Zhang Xingqian's mouth, he turned around, and disappeared into the thick grass on the side of the road.

Sanchuankou is the pass that the Hedong Army has been focusing on since the Yan'an Mansion was conquered. It is the Western Army from Shentangbao and Castanopsis Village that is guarding against it. If it is not determined to attack on a large scale, there is no need to attack such a heavy guard. town.

Back then, it was the betrayal of these two people that made Luo Song, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty who was sitting on Shaanxi Road, be taken by Liu Quanyi on Hedong Road. Luo Song was directly captured by Liu Quanyi and sent to Liao Kingdom.

It was the first time that sweet potatoes were promoted around Jingzhao Mansion, and no one was willing to grow them, so only they, the old subordinates of Taiwei Zhang, came to take the lead.

The woman opened her mouth to say something, but seeing the man's face, she didn't say any more.

After the spring plowing was over, Zhang Cheng issued an assembly order.

Like a ghost, Zhang Xingqian appeared in the place where the army was once stationed.

In the early hours of the morning, a garrison opened the city gates and surrendered to the western army.

"Are you scared?" A voice suddenly came from behind, Zhang Xingqian jumped up in fright, and when he turned around, the crossbow in his hand was already aimed at the direction of the voice.

"Kill him, kill him!" Surrounded by those forbidden soldiers who survived that year, they roared in unison.

"If you don't drive those Liao people away, how can you live a peaceful life!" Xu Qi sighed.

"What's the use of saying this, let's go!" Zhang Xingqian waved his hand. "They're coming again!"

At this time, the grass is delicious and juicy, but war horses are different from ordinary livestock, without fine grains, it will be boring.

Every time I tasted it, it probably made the Jin army here really think that their checkpoints are impenetrable, right?

Those who fail to arrive are in violation of military law.

The hardships that I suffered back then are now paying off.

"I thought I could live a peaceful life after going down the mountain. Why do we still have to fight?" The woman was a little uneasy. When she was on the mountain before, every time men went down the mountain and came back, there would always be some familiar faces. Can't see it anymore.

But now, they are all outside the Jingzhao Mansion, and they have been allocated the best land and houses, and their family also has a boatload of large animals that are difficult to get.

You can tell by looking at the feces that it won't last long.

Whether it was oak wood cannons, or the use of trebuchets to throw gunpowder cannons into the city walls, the roar like a thunderbolt from the blue and the huge wtlynv quickly defeated the will of the defenders.

"Chasing!" Xu Qi roared as he jumped on his horse.

"Commander Xu, back then I had an agreement with Wang Duqian, and he promised me. Back then, I couldn't do anything about it!" Zhang Xingqian said with a sad face: "And over the years, I have made many promises for you. Credit it!"

Xu Shen, the Jing'an Division of the Western Army, smiled and nodded: "Of course, but you have also seen that the little Taiwei Zhang is very famous now, and his status is not below our Taishi. He wants to deal with you, and we can't stop him. Zhang Xingqian, If you want to survive, you can only make greater contributions."

"What else can I do? If Sanchuankou wasn't for me, you would have to kill at least twice as many people to win it! If it wasn't for me, Yan'an Mansion wouldn't have given up so quickly, would it?"

"Little Taiwei Zhang hates you to the bone, these alone are not enough to buy your life back! You go to Zhending Mansion, and find a way to help us take Zhending Mansion when our army comes!" Xu Shen said: "I have prepared a team of more than a hundred people for you, take them and flee there!"

(End of this chapter)