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Chapter 538 Hetao
Above the head is a large blue, pure and flawless sky, in which a large number of birds are soaring.

On the ground, on the endless grassland, the green grass is already sprouting green shoots.

During the period, many unknown wild flowers also began to bloom. After the still somewhat cool wind blows over, the nostrils are full of fresh floral fragrance.

By the way, various large and small lakes and small rivers are dotted on this grassland, which immediately makes the environment in front of you as beautiful as a landscape painting.

All the above-mentioned fires are in the eyes, but in fact there are not many big fish with artistic bacteria.

He couldn't help but muttered in his mouth with a very emotional tone:
"The Yellow River is full of harm and only profit. This is not wrong at all. This place in Hetao is really a good place, and it must not be occupied by foreigners~"

The reason why Big Fish uttered such a sentence was on February 22nd, the second year of Promote.

Not only Hu Biao and the others, but also towards the Bali Bridge outside Yanjing City. This battlefield is rapidly approaching, and a decisive battle is about to usher in.

Ma Kuo, Lao Hei, Wu Zu, and Dayu led the Third Army of the Great Song New Army, which finally entered the Three States outside the River of the Great Song.

That is, Feng, Fu, and Lin, the three states that cannot be lost in the requirements of the third stage of this mission.

It is located in the west of the Yellow River in Shanshan, across the river from the states in Hedong, specifically at the southern end of the Hetao Plain.

In the second year of Maode, that is, in 1129, there was no transition to reclamation on the Hetao Plain, and there is a saying that the environment was greatly destroyed.

So after arriving here, Big Fish was immediately conquered by the beautiful scenery here.

Even in my heart, I still want to chant a poem, such as the sky is vast and wild, and the wind blows the grass and sees cattle and sheep.

It's a pity that such an ancient poem came to his lips, and he remembered the current situation, and there was no wool in front of him, so he had to hold back the words in his mouth.

What made him even more speechless was that Lao Hei cursed out a short time later:
"Big Yu is pretending to be deep there, you kid doesn't have art bacteria all over your body, so don't pretend to be a cultural person.

Hurry up and see how to fight such a battle. "

After hearing such a sentence, Big Yu hurriedly cursed "What the hell" silently, kicked his horse, and approached Lao Hei and Ma Kuo who were on a cart not far away.

The two of them sat in the carriage, not because there was any problem with their riding skills, but because only in this way could the two of them hold a map of River East and study together.

Let's study how to operate the next key battle they are about to face.

As for the buddy Wu Zu, he was standing on a pole erected several meters high, with a small watchtower on it; holding a binoculars in his hand, he kept looking around.

There was some unconcealable tension in his expression...

In fact, if the original plan had been followed, the third army led by Lao Hei and the others should have entered the Hetao Plain at least two days later with more preparations.

But five days ago, their army arrived in Yanzhou, which is now the Yan'an area.

As a result, I received the latest and last request for help from Zhejia. In the following time, those messengers who came almost every day for help disappeared immediately.

In the last request for help, Zhe Keqiu mentioned it in the letter.

Under the frantic attack of the Xixia people, many villages and forts in Linzhou were attacked by the Xixia people. Now only Xinqin City is left, and the state government of Linzhou is still in their home. In mastery.

Li Qianshun, a false emperor, drove a large number of soldiers and horses to attack day and night, and he was almost unable to bear it.

In addition, the situation in Fengzhou and Fuzhou is only slightly better; but as long as Linzhou falls, these two prefectures will probably surrender immediately.

What needs to be explained is that Feng, Fu, and Lin are the three states of Hedong in the Song Dynasty.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, all the strategies implemented were strongly separatist, and the military and government were all controlled by local aristocratic families and local tyrants.

Among the three states in Hedong, Zhejia is considered the strongest among them, and its headquarters is in Linzhou.

The other two prefectures of Feng and Fu, although they obeyed the orders of the Zhe family, were only the territory of two families like Yang and Wang; even the history of these three prefectures was controlled by their three families, which was longer than that of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Among them, the famous general of the Yang family of Tianbo Mansion is said to have come from the above-mentioned Yang family.

Obviously, Li Qianshun, the puppet emperor's tactic, wanted to use his huge force to directly destroy the strongest Zhejia among them.

As a result, under the First World War, the three prefectures of Feng, Fu, and Lin were completely occupied.

In this way, going east will start from Taiyuan and support all the way to the Yanjing battlefield.

Or they marched all the way to the southeast, going deep into the hinterland of the Song Dynasty, mixing the Song Dynasty into a mess, and directly cutting off the retreat of the Song Dynasty army.

After hearing such news, even under the city of Linzhou, how many troops do the Xixia people have, and what is the composition of the army.

Ma Kuo, Lao Hei, Wu Zu, Dayu and the other four had a hasty discussion.

It was decided to give up the original plan of resting in Yanzhou for a day or two to replenish some supplies, and to immediately cross the Yellow River and go to Linzhou for support.

Why?According to their analysis, it is believed that even in the content of the request for help, Orika has a certain exaggeration.

But combined with the situation that they couldn't even break out of the envoy asking for help, then what they actually encountered should be quite dangerous.

Immediately, they didn't dare to delay at all. They set off from Yanzhou early in the morning and crossed the Yellow River along Jinming village, Qingshui village and Saimen village.

And after crossing the Yellow River and entering the Hetao Plain, it means that they will encounter surprise attacks from the Xixia people all the time.

Because now the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty who are waiting for Zhejia have all retreated into large and small cities and fortresses, and the huge wilderness has become a private land for Xixia people to gallop.

You know, Xixia is rich in Ganqing horses, Dawan horses, Mongolian horses and other good horses.

The Xixia people's early army consisted mainly of cavalry, although now they have also developed the "Hengshan Bubazi" infantry, as well as the "Poxi" catapult artillery, water army, etc.

But the cavalry is still their housekeeping skill.

Just in order to deal with the main battlefield of the Northern Expedition Yanjing, the Northern Expedition army took away almost all the cavalry, and the third army that came here was completely pure infantry.

Fortunately, Lao Hei almost had a fight with Hu Biao in the Privy Council of Kaifeng City, and only then did he get about a thousand cavalry troops.

Since entering the Hetao area, during the march of the army, these cavalry were sent out by one guy.

The furthest ones were dispatched twenty or thirty miles away.

The purpose is to use the Sky-piercing Monkey to send out an early warning signal after discovering the Xixia troops in advance, so that the army can prepare in advance.

After all, the Ministry of Industry, which is controlled by Langqing, has the support of almost the entire Song Dynasty.

In a short period of time, there is no way to train more qualified cavalry; but it is not the slightest problem to build enough new carts to form a defensive chariot formation.

This is also the third army they dared to bring pure infantry, plus a total of [-] civilian husbands, to take the initiative to attack Linzhou, the most powerful Xixia people...

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After crossing the Yellow River and heading all the way towards Xinqin City, the state capital of Linzhou Prefecture, for about fifty miles, Lao Hei and the others were most worried about one thing.

It finally happened around two o'clock in the afternoon.

At that time, Big Yu, Lao Hei, and Ma Kuo were still discussing how to break the Xixia army's inevitable blockade outside New Qin City.

Suddenly, a huge shocking change appeared.

To be more specific, it was at the position where the army was advancing towards 11 o'clock. Suddenly, after a ball of fireworks rushed to Lao Gao, it suddenly exploded in the air.

After the fireworks exploded, a glaring red cloud of smoke filled the air.

However, on behalf of Lao Hei and others, it was stated in the agreement with a group of cavalry troops who will not accept them at night that there are at least [-] cavalry troops there, and they are currently rushing towards them.

The only thing that can be thankful is that the position where the ball of fireworks rose was about fifteen or six miles away from the team.

Based on the horse speed of the Xixia army, Lao Hei and the others should have about ten minutes to prepare.

In short, after seeing the above signal, the four of them, Ma Kuo, Lao Hei, Dayu, and Wu Zu, immediately became excited.

By the way, there is also a strange sense of relief that something bad has finally happened and there is no need to worry.

However, it didn't affect the soldier standing on the watchtower. After a blink of an eye, he put down the binoculars and yelled:

"When the enemy attacked, the whole army stopped advancing, formed a formation with regiments as a unit, and formed a formation of chariots.

Fast, fast, fast, if you don't want to die, you have to move faster. "

In fact, there is no need for the servant of the Ministry of Industry, the military pawn, to roar so hoarsely; under the command of a group of veteran officers trained by those who participated in the bloody Zhuxian Town battle, they spontaneously commanded.

The top and bottom of the third army started to act one after another, using the fastest speed to form a number of large and small car formations.

During this process, some of the nights they let out did not collect, and they ran back beating their horses desperately.

Through the channel reserved for them, they escaped into the car formation one by one.

After escaping in, each of these people turned extremely pale; combined with the night-buying team that originally consisted of only a thousand people, in the end only 800 people managed to escape back.

It can be predicted that the other Yebushou had already been touched by the Xixia people, and they would never come back.

Just such a point made Ma Kuo and Lao Hei feel bad.

What the hell!There are only so few cavalry in hand, I am afraid that after arriving at the city of Xinqin, there will not be a few left?What a crime.

Their distress did not last long, because the formation of chariots was the formation of the generals, and the soldiers were hastily preparing for battle.

In the position in front of them, a group of black cavalry appeared.

Relying on the advantage of a tool like a telescope, Lao Hei and others could see the Xixia cavalry in front of them, and their specific composition was very complicated.

In addition to some knights wearing fine fish-scale iron armor, who looked like regular Xixia soldiers, there were also a lot of miscellaneous fish who only wore leather armor, and didn't even have a piece of leather armor.

Presumably, the Xixia people adopted the employment method of paying money, food, and equipment, and hired mercenaries such as the Kelei, Gaochang, and Tubo.

Regardless of the armor of these miscellaneous fish, the quality is quite simple.

However, after counting them, the total number of cavalry rushing over in this group was at least 7 to [-].

The gigantic scene of two 10,000+ horseshoes hitting the ground continuously and rushing straight over still made the scalps of most people in the car formation numb.

Who is called the third army? Among the four divisions in total, there are only two standard new army musketeer infantry divisions.

The remaining two are the kind of volunteers composed of heroes from three mountains and five mountains.

These heroes, the kind of bloody courage they used to fight with others, or when they were robbing the way, compared with such a scene of a battle of gold and iron horses, they are really nothing.

So much so that they are now a panicked group.

And after these Xixia cavalry appeared, facing the chariot formation formed by the third army, they didn't even hesitate a little bit.

Amidst bursts of resounding horn horns, they came straight to kill here...

"Damn it, grandpa is probably going to die here today."

When he passed through the gap between the cars and saw the scene of thousands of galloping horses in front of him, he felt the constant vibration of the ground under his feet transmitted to his body, which seemed to make his legs numb.

Even after the eggs are numb to the point where they can no longer feel.

Instinctively, Zhang Dabang swallowed a big mouthful of saliva, and cursed bitterly.

After he finished cursing, he habitually turned his head to look at the old brothers around him, and immediately found that all of these old brothers also had pale faces.

Even these guys, each of them has at least one or two lives in their hands, and they were ruthless people in the eyes of others in the past.

Don't laugh at the eldest, the second, they are all frightened birds.

Zhang Dabang was originally a well-known bandit leader in the Funiu Mountain area, because his body is big and thick, and his hands are as strong as his arms.

As well as dark skin, there are many lush beards and fierce hairs on the chin and chest, and the appearance can scare a child to cry.

On Jingbei Road, he was nicknamed 'Black King Kong', but he has thousands of brothers under his command.

A few years ago, I was entrenched on a certain dangerous hilltop of Funiu Mountain, doing business without capital, drinking heavily, eating meat, and living a happy life.

It's a pity that such a good day, when the Jin people invaded the Song Dynasty, it was not as good as every day.

The reason is very simple. The rich landlords and gentry run, catch, and kill.

I just wanted to grab it for a while, but I couldn't find a place.

After Hu Xianggong's Great Song Xinjun defeated the Jinren, life was almost too much to go on.

Because there are rumors in the Tao, who is Hu Xianggong?That's Tiankuixing from the sky, a person who can't rub the sand in his eyes, how can people like them continue to harm the place.

That is to say, because of the threat of the golden man, there is no time to make a move for a while.

After the Northern Expedition wiped out all the golden men, they would naturally attack them.

Even those outrageously strong Jurchen savages are no match for the new army under Hu Xianggong's command, so how can they have a good end.

All of a sudden, all the heroes on Northwest Beijing Road felt like the end of the world was coming, and their hearts were full of panic all day long.

It's just different from other hilltop masters, or they just quit and become a rich man with their savings.

Or take the brothers away from the dangerous place of Northwest Beijing Road, and go to some more remote places to start anew.

'Black King Kong' made a big list, but it was decisive.

After spending years of savings and disbanding a group of subordinates, he took the other three No. 40 brothers who dared to fight and fight hard, and joined the volunteer division of the new army.

The reason is for himself and his son, who is only a little over three years old, to create a bright background.

He can see clearly that from now on the whole world will belong to the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty will become like the legendary strong man and prosperous Tang Dynasty. If he wants to live a good life, he can only rely on the imperial court.

No!He then joined the new army, relying on the strength of his shoulders, his sword skills, and the support of his brothers.

Now he is the first division of the Song Dynasty Volunteer Army, the deputy company commander of the third regiment, the second battalion and the fourth company.

For such a result, Zhang Dabang was very grateful for his decision.

But now, amidst the great fear, he regretted his original decision a little bit; because the opponents he met in the past were nothing compared to the Xixia cavalry in front of him.

At such a time, a high-pitched voice sounded in the ear, singing a battle song:
"Take the twelve prefectures of Shanxi first, and other elements will attack the Yatou. Looking back at Qinsai, which is as low as a horse, and gradually seeing the Yellow River flowing straight north. Tianwei swept across the Yellow River, and thousands of Qiang people performed Han songs..."

Instinctively, Zhang Dabang and the brothers around him turned their heads and looked over.

Instead, they saw their leader, the one-armed Hou San, pull out a simple knife from his waist, beat the breastplate on his chest, and sang loudly from his mouth.

Amidst the sound of steel colliding, it is said that Hou San was born as a coolie on the dock.

Now he is the head of the Great Song Dynasty, which is equivalent to the "Professor of the Guard" of a fifth-rank official.

With a beautiful family member like a flower, and a generous salary every month, after the unborn child, it is said that the one-armed man who can enter the Guozijian University will be given priority.

After the singing in his mouth fell into Zhang Dabang's ears, it was filled with an inexplicably powerful force.

The fear in the hearts of Zhang Dabang and others dissipated immediately, but instead, a sense of heroism arose that "I can also be like this".

Soon after, the third army's chariot formation was filled with the loud singing of beating under the breastplate.

The high fighting spirit came up all at once...

(End of this chapter)