The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

It's not yet dawn, but the military camp is already busy. The soldiers are cooking in pots, white steam is rising, and the fragrance is assailed to their nostrils.

Zhao Tong ate a bowl of buckwheat soup cake, a cooking pancake, gnawed two sheep bones, and then went out of the account.

Outside, flags were fluttering, the wind rustled, the sound of armor and weapons rubbing could be heard endlessly, and the dark flow of soldiers, horses and people could not be seen ending at a glance.

The brothers Bai Ba and Bai Zhan saw Zhao Tong leaving the tent and hurried over to help him put on his helmet and shake his armor.

A moment later, Zhao Tong finished dressing up, wearing a black and blue moon-grabbing helmet, a dark night star-grabbing armor, a black sun-killing spear hanging on the bird-wing ring of the victory hook, half a black robe, and a green robe behind him. Great cloak.

He shook the gun barrel in his hand. This Black Sun Extinguishing Gun was an iron gun. The barrel was extremely hard and could not shake at all. Only the tip of the gun trembled slightly. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't tell the difference.

This set of armor weapons was found in the arsenal built by Emperor Taizong when he was a child. There was a mark next to it that said it was left by the iron spear Wang Yanzhang.

Emperor Taizong's arsenal contained the armor and weapons of some famous generals during the troubled times of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in the Spring and Autumn Period.

It was fine at the beginning, and Taizong cherished it and asked people to clean and maintain it frequently. However, later Emperor Taizong Bintian and several subsequent officials were not good at martial arts, so they gradually fell into disuse.

When it was passed down to this dynasty, many of them were rotten and rusty and could no longer be used. The armor and weapons worn by Zhao Tong were the most valuable among them. They were tightly packed and well-oiled at that time, so it is good to have them preserved. They are one of the few that are still alive. Can be used normally.

This armor can be called a treasure armor. Ordinary weapons and arrows cannot penetrate it at all. Even if they attack the gaps in the armor's links, they will not be able to penetrate deeply. Even if they are injured, they will not be fatal. If you want to break this treasure armor , which probably involves sharpening iron-like weapons, or heavy and powerful blunt weapons.

The Black Sun Extinguishing Gun is said to be an iron gun, but in fact it is a steel gun. Iron is easy to bend and rust, so it is not suitable for use as a weapon handle. Most weapons with heavy metal handles are forged from steel, and have to be refined over time. Become.

But the tip of this gun is different. It is made of black iron, which is extremely hard and sharp. Even if it is an iron plate, it can poke a hole with great force.

Zhao Yan sat on a lamp while walking alone for thousands of miles. Over there, Li Yanxian came over to report the military situation. After hearing this, he nodded and said a few words. Li Yanxian went to Du Bu to report, and the army began to move forward slowly.

The cavalry walked in the lead, and the two sentry troops ran eastward, acting according to the plan to tease the Xixia army. The other group charged in front, and they had to clear out a boundary of twenty miles first, allowing the infantry to have time to breathe and deploy. .

In Zhao Tong's plan, it was enough for the infantry to advance only twenty miles, and then set up some obstacles. No matter how many, they would cause some inconvenience to the Iron Kites.

But it's just an inconvenience. Don't think about digging trenches. There is absolutely no time. If you dig in advance yesterday, then the other party's horse scouts are not vegetarians. There is no way they can't find them. They will take a detour when the time comes. Instead, the trench became a constraint on our own actions.

Li Yanxian and Xu Ning, two cavalrymen heading east, led by Du Bu, the vanguard cavalry on the outpost, while Zhao Tao and Zhang Xianruda pressed in front of the Tengjia Army and headed north.

At twenty miles, there is a road and wilderness, with rolling hills on the left, and on the right towards the Jingsai Army Division, there is a wasteland with gravel, no fields to plant, and few weeds.

At this time, the outpost led by Du Bo had already disappeared, and Zhao Tong immediately ordered the regular infantry behind him to line up and lay out obstacles for defense.

Obstacles don't have to be complicated. They are just rolled logs and deer antlers. Sprinkle some on the wilderness. They can't be too obvious. If they are too obvious, the opponent is not stupid. The iron kite will definitely not be willing to attack first, but will ask Bubazi to open the way, or something else. The infantry went ahead to clear out these things, but their own efforts were in vain.

About half an hour after the infantry was deployed, the scouts from the north sent back the first military information. Zhao Tao opened his eyes and raised his eyebrows. He found that the Xixia army was already halfway to the distance, and the vanguard led by Du Bu had not yet run out of seventy In the land, we have not yet met the opposite side.

This scout was not with Du Bo's army, but had gone out to investigate early. Last night, the distance between the two armies was about 150 miles, so this scout ran halfway up the road in advance, and slowly and quietly climbed up. As soon as he noticed any movement, he Hurry up and report back.

"Is Du Bo's team running so slowly? It shouldn't be!" Zhao Tao touched his chin and thought, he didn't run out for seventy miles, what are they doing? It looked like a rabbit before, and disappeared after running away. Unexpectedly, it didn't encounter the enemy yet.

But since the enemy has already traveled half the way, without further ado, we must hurry up and prepare for war here. As for Du Bu’s position, we should not consider it. After all, the rangers are highly mobile and are extremely difficult to be surrounded and annihilated by the opponent. Moreover, according to Du Bu’s With his temper, he would not give the opponent a chance to outflank him, but he didn't know what he was doing with his troops at the moment.

After Zhao Tong finished thinking, he began to ask Zhang Xian and Luda to command the troops to form an array. At this moment, they were all infantry, and the vine armor naturally faced them in front. Each one had a log or antlers next to them as a bunker, which could bear part of the cavalry attack. Power.

Along the hill on the left are the crossbowmen of the ordinary infantry. These ordinary infantry are all wearing cloth armor. There is no rattan armor, iron armor, and even leather armor, so they cannot be included in the formation. In front of the battle, they could not hold their weapons to fight with the Xixia cavalry, so they could only rely on the mountains to fight. Once the heavy cavalry came over, they would hide and escape in the hills.

But for the current situation, they already have excellent equipment at this moment. It is almost impossible for an army to maintain complete armor after fighting several battles. Unless it wins every battle without losing a single defeat, Only by fighting to support fighting can the armor and soldiers be kept intact.

Zhao Tong has indeed never suffered a defeat since he led his troops into Xixia. Therefore, even the ordinary soldiers under his command have complete armor and complete weapons. Even the captains, battalion commanders and others are all wearing high-quality leather armor, and the guard commanders are all iron armor. , looks just like the new army when they first set out for the war.

And these more than 30,000 infantrymen were all lined up at this moment, just to deal with Tieyaozi and Bubazi.

There were three thousand Iron Kites, and Bu Bazi didn't know how many there were, but Zhao Tan asked Yuan Guo, and Yuan Guo said that the total number was about ten thousand, and he didn't know if he had brought them all. Even if Zhao Tan had brought them all, then Brother Richard would have brought them. That is more than 13,000 soldiers and horses.

This is the main force of Xixia that he currently has to deal with. There is nothing to fear from the other light cavalry and conventional infantry. After all, these will be the ones to rush to the front after the war begins. As long as the iron kites are destroyed and the Bubazi are defeated, then the other armies will Not only was he immediately shocked and defeated, but he was also afraid that he would lose his confidence and fighting spirit, making it difficult to fight again.

After the military formation was mostly arranged, Ruda jumped off his horse and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I will go to the front to meet the enemy!"

Zhao Tong looked at Luda. Luda didn't have rattan armor on his body, but he was wearing iron armor. The iron armor was much heavier than the rattan armor. This might be a burden to others, but it was nothing to Luda. Luda was born with nature. With divine power, you may not be aware of the heavier or lighter you carry on your body.

As for iron armor, which has no toughness, rattan armor has toughness. For ordinary soldiers, this may be the key to saving lives against heavy cavalry. However, Ruda is covered in tendon flesh, and the iron armor sticks to his body, and the muscles are elastic, so it is naturally not a problem.

Zhao Tong nodded: "Zhishen, be careful. You don't have to rush in and charge. You just need to use hook and sickle to resist the enemy on the spot!"

Luda nodded: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. I only want to kill Tie Yao Zi and Bu Ba Zi, and I won't take any risks." Zhao Tao nodded: "Go!"

Luda grabbed a hook sickle nearly two feet long, cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, I'm going to go then!"

Having said that, even though he was wearing armor, he was still as nimble as an ape. He jumped forward and reached the front of the hook, sickle and spear array in a moment.

Zhang Xian then hit his horse and said: "Your Majesty, your subordinates have also marched into the formation. Please return your flag to the rear."

Zhang Xian wanted the governor's entire army to advance and retreat, so naturally he could not dismount. Zhao Tao nodded, and Zhang Xian also went in, but moved forward against the hills, adjusting the position and direction of the soldiers in the formation as he walked.

Zhao Tong looked at it for a moment, then turned his horse's head and went back, heading directly under the commander's flag. This time he sent troops to Longyou without bringing the bloody guards led by Shen Fei. The guards of a hundred people were guarding the mansion in Xining City. At this time, the commander There were only a dozen or so soldiers under the flag, including brothers Bai Ba and Bai Zhan.

Seeing him coming, the two of them immediately stepped forward. Zhao Tong waved his hand, rode to the flag, and said calmly: "Just go to a higher place to watch the battle."

Afterwards, the group of people began to move towards the nearby hills...

At this time, just a few dozen miles to the north, Du Bo and two thousand cavalry were galloping forward on the mountain plains. The speed was not very fast, and branches were tied to the tails of each horse.

In this way, the smoke and dust billowed behind. Looking from a distance, it was impossible to see how many soldiers there were. Moreover, the weather was hot and the earth was light at this time, so the dust lingered for a long time. The dust was flying like an army of tens of thousands.

As he ran forward, a scout came to report that the Xixia enemy had been spotted a few miles away. Du Bo immediately smiled and said, "My sons, go with me to see what that iron kite looks like!"

The cavalry behind them immediately shouted "Ouch" with excitement.

Du Bo hit the snake spear with a wave of his hand, dashed his horse and rushed forward, laughing loudly: "Remember not to fight, just take a look and run away, don't let them catch up!"

About five miles to the east, Xu Ning is leading a cavalry forward. This is to harass the flank position of the Xixia Army. It is also mainly harassment, not fighting, just to mess up the morale of the opponent's army and make the opponent confused about how many troops are here. .

Five miles further east, they were already on the border of the Jingsai Army. Li Yanxian led two thousand cavalry forward, intending to go around to the rear of the Xixia Army and wait for an opportunity to backstab.

But it is not easy. After all, the other side will definitely have spies around the main army, radiating in all directions, and will warn them when they see it.

However, this was not an idle move. He could not get around it and retreated to join Xu Ning. He kept an eye on the opponent's flank and did not let the opponent use any tricks.

Li Yanxian led his troops to charge forward. About fifty or seventy miles away, he suddenly heard the sound of horses galloping from the front. His expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly ordered behind him to form a defensive and retreatable formation.

Then, the sound of horse hooves in front slowed down, and he obviously discovered the team and began to be cautious. After about a few dozen breaths, Li Yanxian saw a group of people appearing in the wilderness in the distance.

He hurriedly raised the monocular to take a look, and saw the same cavalry, but there were not many people. When he got closer to the opposite side, he secretly calculated in his heart that this army of horses seemed to be not much different from his own. , are one or two thousand people.

Li Yanxian put down the telescope and frowned slightly. Looking at the situation, the other party must have had the same idea. He wanted to go around and attack behind the front army, but he didn't expect to collide with his own.

At this time, the military horse was moving slower and seemed to be sizing up this side, but it showed no fear and continued to approach forward.

Li Yanxian couldn't help but snorted coldly when he saw this. If the opponent had a large number of people, he wouldn't be able to flee immediately with his own horse. But judging from the difference between the two sides' horses, the opponent's army was not heavily armored. They were all ordinary light cavalry wearing leather armor. , there is absolutely no reason to be afraid.

The cavalry under his command are all special cavalry with specially modified equipment by Zhao Tong. They need to be more comprehensive than ordinary light cavalry, and their weapons must be handy. Moreover, everyone is equipped with an archer and crossbow. They can move around like the wind and harvest heads with ease. .

When Li Yanxian saw the army horse approaching, he couldn't help but ride up to the front of the team with his sword in hand, and shouted: "There is a team in front of you blocking the way. The heavenly army is coming. Why don't you get off your horse and be bound!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the ringing of bells in the cavalry formation on the opposite side, and a bay-red horse came out.

Li Yanxian stared here and watched, but when he saw that a female general came out of the queue, he couldn't help but look surprised.

I saw that the female general opposite had a face like a crown of jade, eyebrows like spring mountains, and almond-shaped eyes, which was quite touching.

Then he wears a flying vulture silver helmet, shining brightly. He wears fish-scale armor, and an emerald green flower-woven robe. The waist is tied with a red silk ribbon, and the thin waist is tied with the arms. It is very neat. There is a sword inserted in the back, and he is armed. More charming.

Li Yanxian couldn't help but feel a little stunned, and his heart was beating with joy. For some reason, he couldn't stop being curious, so he secretly said to himself, this girl is pleasing to the eye, I must capture her alive!

When he thought of this, he couldn't help but say with a smile on his face: "Yellow-haired girl opposite, seeing that you are a female class, I can't bear to kill you. Let me tell you, I am the commander of the army under King Qin of the Song Dynasty, and his official position is... Gao Pin, there is a lady missing in the room at this moment. If you obey me and be rich for the rest of your life, what do you think?"

When the female general heard this, she was stunned for a moment, then she couldn't help but her eyebrows stood up in anger, her almond-shaped eyes widened, and she cursed: "Song thief! How dare you take advantage of my aunt, you will look good on me!" After saying that, she waved the embroidered luan sword in her hand, and unexpectedly rushed towards her. , intending to chop Li Yanxian with a knife.

Li Yanxian chuckled, rushed forward to avoid the knife, and shouted: "Yellow-haired girl! What are you capable of? I asked you to be a wife. This is the general's promotion of you. Don't toast me and eat as a penalty, strike with the knife!"

He also used a big knife in his hand. He slapped the knife horizontally with a "wu" sound, and the two of them immediately came to a fight.

(End of this chapter)