Travel to the Water Margin

Chapter 214 Zangdi City

As the night grew darker, the voices of people in Cai's mansion became silent, which added a bit of desolation to the mansion.

In the dark, a person's movement was like lightning, and after a few bounces, he came to the secret room, untied the burden on his body, lowered his head and knelt down slowly, and knelt in front of Cai Jing who was sitting alone in front of the grand teacher's chair, with an expression that could not be concealed. Sorrow and melancholy.

Covered in black, with a long sword slung across his back, a pair of black and white eyes shone brightly in the night.

An old and powerful voice sounded in the silence and asked: "Are you here?"

"Yes, Mr. Xiang!" Two more people came from the darkness, and they came with a bang. One was a short and thin dwarf who galloped forward first, and the other was a middle-aged man with a thick body and long beard.

The two knelt on the ground, motionless, with clenched fists and grimaces on their faces.

Cai Jing's face was solemn, and he didn't say a word. The wind was howling outside, and the murderous intent was heavy. Cai Jing suddenly shouted: "I told you to hunt down Lin Youde. Since you still let Yao's body be separated, you know how much effort I spent in cultivating him. huh? Damn you!"

A figure passed over: "Master Xiang, wait a minute!"

The middle-aged man had gently held his hand.

Cai Jing said angrily, "What are you going to do?"

The masked man sighed: "Master Xiang, please give this subordinate another chance?"

Cai Jing's chest rose and fell. Although he was extremely angry, he lowered his hands and asked in a deep voice, "Are you confident?"

The long-bearded man's face suddenly changed. The swordsman in black lowered his hand and said: "The people we sent took advantage of the chaos and planted the tracking incense on Lin Youde. They have succeeded. Just wait for a few more days, and we will kill Lin Youde in Xixia territory. revenge."

Cai Jing said with a gloomy face: "If Lin Youde is still alive after 7 days, you can go down and be buried with Yao people."

"Yes, Mr. Xiang."

The three healthy horses neighed and ran even faster, rushing out of Bianliang City.

The sun rises and illuminates the earth.

Besides, the right general at Hutou Pass escaped with his life and fled back to the Xixia capital at a terrifying speed that was not inferior to that of a thousand-mile horse. He reported to the current King of Xixia that he was the only one who survived the attacks on the three Hutou Passes.

The civil and military officials of the Xixia Manchu Dynasty were greatly shocked when they heard the news, and urgently summoned the military, political and other ministries to discuss matters.

Many military generals believed that troops should be stationed and martial law should be implemented. Then they sent people to quickly notify the Xixia Zhenyuan Army and asked the Zhenyuan Grand Marshal to send troops to recapture the occupied capital.

Only the civil servants disagreed, thinking that the Song Dynasty's officers and soldiers, who numbered only a few thousand, were not something to be afraid of, and there was no need to mobilize troops. According to past practice, the Song Dynasty would definitely withdraw its troops before entering the cold winter.

A guard questioned: "Li Xiang, how can you conclude that the soldiers of the Song Dynasty will definitely retreat before the cold winter?"

Li Xiang laughed loudly, held his beard and said: "Learn from history, I am naturally like this. Winter is coming, can those soldiers withstand our heavy snow and cold winter?"

Everyone was dumbfounded. It was indeed true. In previous years, Zhong Shidao led the Song Dynasty soldiers to invade Xixia, but they had to withdraw before the cold winter every time. It should be the same this time.

Li Xiangyi flipped his sleeves and calmly said to the King of Xixia: "Your Majesty, at the moment, the Song Dynasty is taking advantage of the confrontation between our Zhenyuan Army and the Liao Dynasty and is unable to do anything to attack our territory. It is against morality. We should question the emperor of the Song Dynasty."

The King of Xixia stretched out his hand to stroke his long beard, and said happily, "Yes."

"Subordinate to obey!"

Li Xiang cupped his fists and raised his hands, a smug look flashed across the old man's face.

Fifty miles away from Zangdi City, at the Dasong barracks, the military flags fluttered in the wind, the military was at its peak, and its power was overwhelming.

Yao Pingzhong rushed in and reported to Dama Jindao, who was sitting on the commander's seat: "My lord, good news! The water source and the granary of Zangdi City have been detected by us."

Master Zhong suddenly stood up, and all the generals on the side turned their faces with excitement in their eyes.

Master Zhong asked anxiously, "Where is the granary?"

Yao Pingzhong took a deep breath and replied: "To the east of Zangdi City, it is heavily guarded by Xixia soldiers, and there is smoke everywhere. I guess it is where the granary is."

Yao Pingzhong said calmly: "I'm not afraid of [-], just in case, my lord, send troops to pursue immediately!"

Zhong Shidao looked excited and asked, "What time is it?"

Yao Pingzhong said: "It's not yet time."

"Not yet?" Zhong Shidao stamped his feet before and after and said: "That's it, send a surprise army to burn their granaries and cut off their water sources. We will send troops to surround Zangdi City and see how the [-] Xixia soldiers in Zangdi City can defend the city."

Zhong Shidao was shocked when he heard this and shouted loudly: "Generals, listen to your orders."

"Yes, my lord!"

Yao Pingzhong stepped forward boldly, and said sharply, "Yes!"

"send troops!"

Lin Youde and his party lay asleep in a camp tent.

After a whole night of drinking, giving wine, and persuading them, they finally managed to get along with Zhong Shidao, and drank down this friendship abruptly with wine.

At this time, a soldier rushed into the big tent, his legs softened for some reason, and he knelt down on the ground.

Lin Youde struggled to sit up, and shouted in a hoarse voice, "What's the matter?"

The soldier said tremblingly: "General Zhong led the army to set out. I heard that this time we will besiege Zangdi City, burn food and cut off water, and force the 4 Xixia soldiers in Zangdi City to surrender."

The people are all discolored.

Lin Chong and Su Di looked at each other and thought to themselves, brother, you only have 2 horses, Zangdi City has a radius of [-] miles, you have no reinforcements, and your soldiers are dead or wounded, can this battle still be fought?

After Lin Youde figured out what was going on, he said decisively: "We will go there immediately, what do you two think?"

The last sentence was, of course, addressed to Lin Chong.

The drums of war shook the sky, and the blazing sun shone on Zangdi City. The Song Army launched wave after wave of attacks from all directions, shouting to kill and shaking the sky.

The source of the moat was cut off, and a large section of the moat outside the main city gate was filled with sand and stones, trying to occupy the city by force.

But when Lin Youde, Lin Chong and others came to the front of the battle, they saw that the Xixia army kept pouring hot water on the city wall, and the huge stones and arrows rained down desperately, smashing another offensive of the Song army. Xixia regrouped and began to find a plan to deal with the Song army.

Lin Youde looked at the 1 soldiers outside the city with a swollen head, but he heard that there were 4 soldiers inside the city, and he was at a loss for what to do.

Is this to play?

Zhong Shidao sat behind a horse while two doctors continued to treat his injuries. He received two arrows in this charge.

If it weren't for his amazing physique, he would have died long ago, but he barely supported him and could only hand over the command to Yao Pingzhong out of expediency.

And Yao Pingzhong organized the army here to regroup and prepare to attack the city again.

Seeing Lin Youde approaching, Zhong Shidao was full of doubts.

"Lin Youde pays homage to the seed master." He took off his weapon, and as soon as he entered the big tent, Lin Youde directly bowed his hands.

"Sit down...don't worry about it."

When he looked up, Lin Youde saw a big ferocious face smeared with blood that looked like the reincarnation of an evil ghost. A pair of tyrannical eyes stared at him fiercely, but a sinister smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The way of cultivating teachers at this moment is very terrifying.

After waving his subordinates back, Zhong Shidao sighed and said, "Is the son-in-law here to supervise the army?"

Lin Youde straightened his face and said: "Master Zhong, why are you in such a hurry to attack the city? Can't you just wait for a few days?" Master Zhong barely pulled himself together and said, "The government ordered that Zangdi City must also be captured If you can't attack it, you can attack it, otherwise you will be ashamed of the trust of the officials."

Lin Youde asked in a deep voice: "But I see that Zangdi City has [-] soldiers and horses. Your soldiers and horses have no luggage, and they are obviously not suitable for a protracted war."

Yes, Zhong Shidao's soldiers and horses are very similar to Lin Youde's, except that he mainly uses spearmen, supplemented by archers, and the last few thousand cavalry are regarded as a rare army that specializes in gnawing bones.

Zhong Shidao raised his head, looked at the unbreakable Zangdi City and replied: "Zangdi City itself has a strength of 5, and the chess pieces placed inside are worth about [-], including the temporary strong men."

Lin Youde nodded and said: "Then you are facing five times more enemies than you."

Master Zhong Dao smiled and said, "What's the matter? Xixia soldiers are a bunch of cowards. I have fought with them for several years, and every time I don't hide in the city? The main force of Xixia's Zhenyuan Army still has a team of more than [-] people. At this moment They are confronting Daliao, they dare not go out."

Lin Youde sighed after hearing this, that's true. If you are facing the invincible cultivator in Xixia, you have done a good job of calming down the panic-stricken army, Xixia soldiers After many years of fighting with the way of the teacher, I have figured out the way of the teacher.

At the same time, the sound of the war drums from the Song Dynasty suddenly became violent, and the soldiers holding shields staggered back and forth, changing the linear military formation into star-shaped individuals.

A hundred paces away, the generals among the Xixia troops saw that the opponent suddenly changed their battle formation, and they all raised their arms and shouted: "Take the opportunity to attack their camp! Otherwise, we will be attacked by the opponent when they stabilize their position! Come on!"

Xixia soldiers knew this was the truth. Although they didn't know why the opponent suddenly appeared and changed their formation, they still shouted and attacked again.

The drums sounded again, and the shield soldiers who had already staggered in front suddenly all moved to the left, and lined up neatly with the shield soldiers behind.

In this way, there are ample vertical passages left and right for the shield players in front of the formation.

The Xixia soldiers who were charging at the front were stunned. Did the other side let us pass?Wait, behind the passage is the "heavy cavalry!!"

The Xixia soldiers who were lurking and running turned around and roared with all their strength in horror.

Heavy horseshoes sounded, and groups of heavy armored cavalry hidden under thick armor with their horses rushed out of the passage.

"Kill, kill, kill!" the soldiers of Song Dynasty yelled at the heavy armored cavalry speeding up from both sides.

The Xixia soldier who couldn't turn around in time kept getting bigger and bigger with a glaring light shining in his fearful eyeballs.

It's over, the ridiculous thing is that I still want to run here, as if I can't wait to die.

What a sharp weapon!

This was the last thought of this Western Xia soldier.

Blood was rushing into the air, and the headless body of the Xixia soldier was still standing while being pushed forward by his comrades behind him.

The second war horse that came after that directly smashed the spear in the hand of the Xixia soldier who was standing strangely, and then swaggered away to continue the attack.

Without any suspense, when the Xixia soldiers came into contact with the heavy armored cavalry of the Song Dynasty, they immediately turned on their backs and screamed again and again.

Everyone knew that the heavy armored cavalry could not be harmed by the weapons in their hands. The Xixia soldiers' fighting spirit had collapsed in an instant, and everyone turned around and ran away in a tacit understanding.

"Kill me!" Yao Pingzhong, who was holding a big horse and reining in the reins, shouted, and his subordinates waved even more quickly when they saw it.

The heavy armored cavalry of the Song Dynasty received the order and continued to nibble away at the defeated Xixia soldiers. Even the gambling soldiers who had let them off before grinned at this moment, leaning back and forth, not only resisting the attack of the Xixia soldiers, but also preventing them from escaping. Leave a passage that allows one person to pass through, and drive them to turn around and run to that place.

As a result, those Xixia soldiers who ran into the military formation had no choice but to run towards the gap not far away, only to be crushed again by the heavy armored cavalry.

The fleeing Xixia soldiers kept running and wanted to escape back to the past.

Amidst the sound of flying arrows, the few Xixia soldiers running in the front were shot and killed on the gap just as they ran out of the gap.

Finally, the gap was closed, and the army array began to shrink slowly. In the gap, spears began to thrust out.

Seeing this situation, the group of Xixia soldiers stopped in place and kept yelling, waving their weapons to meet the enemy.

It's a pity that there are mental calculations without intention, not to mention the heavy armored cavalry who are constantly raiding in the formation, and there are pikemen waiting outside the formation.

Slashing with big swords, Xixia soldiers were constantly beheaded and the city was miserable.

These soldiers only felt that they were surrounded by swords, swords and cold steel walls.

Looking at the howling soldiers in the army formation, the Xixia defender's face was ashen. Today's first wave of offensive has suffered such a setback, and Da Song's dispatch of heavy cavalry at this time is really beyond his expectations.

"General Xia! We must avenge our thousand brothers who fell into the formation." A lieutenant gritted his teeth. These soldiers were all his subordinates. Except for a few who escaped, he could already be said to be a polished commander.

General Xia, who was guarding the city, turned his head and stared at him and said, "Shrink our soldiers, send out those vanguard troops, let them drag the heavy cavalry for me, and those who disobey the order will be executed."

"Yes!" The soldiers beside him immediately passed the order forward.

So, one by one, the commoner Xixia men with red cloth strips were driven out of the city, one by one, like glaring King Kong, or holding steel forks, or axes, or kitchen knives, rushing towards the Song soldiers in front.

There are also some strong men who want to escape, but they are shot into hedgehogs by the flying arrows of Party B.

"Report!! General, General Yao killed more than 800 people in this battle!" The messenger came and reported to Zhong Shidao.

"Okay, Pingzhong did a good job." Zhong Shidao laughed and nodded while holding his beard.

All the soldiers agreed, this battle gave everyone a good start, and the morale of the Great Song Army immediately increased.

Yao Pingzhong's command of the battle was indeed good, and Lin Youde nodded.

Zhong Shidao on the high platform saw Lin Youde and smiled slightly: "Prince-in-law, the battlefield is not as good as those civil servants, who can handle it with just one or two vitriols. Here, you can't rely on the sky or the earth. You can only rely on the things in your own hands." Weapons, only he can keep you alive."

Lin Youde nodded and said to the cultivator: "Lin understands. Thank you very much for the cultivator's words."

"I don't know the kind of teacher, can you tell me how the situation of this battle is?"

Lin Youde asked while stroking a dirty saber in front of him. The owner of this saber seemed to have no pity for it. There were even many knife marks and blood stains on it.

(End of this chapter)