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"My younger brother is young and intelligent, and he is worthy of a high position. Now he is in the army. He should take the command of the commander as his military order, and the general will die." Shen Yi'an put down the reply with the emperor's seal, frowned his thick eyebrows and fell into deep thought.

In mid-March of the 11th year of Jianping, Shen Yi'an did not send troops from Fengxiang to Fengxiang, and the Xixia Army in Weizhou did not move, and waited until the imperial court issued an order to urge the war.

A ten-foot-wide sand table was placed in Song Junshuai's tent, and Shen Yi'an summoned the commanders of each capital to discuss countermeasures.

"Report, the Yongxing Army came to report that the Xixia Army that Yan'an Mansion blocked the support withdrew."

As soon as the scout finished speaking, another soldier came into the tent, "Report to the Marshal, we have news from the staff."

Shen Yi'an glanced at the general in the tent, "Read."

"There was a dispute within Xixia. The old king of Xia suspected that the coach Wei Mu Shanxi supported the troops and condemned him to send his uncle Ye Lishi as the overseer. A few days ago, Ye Lishi just arrived in the army and trespassed on horseback because he disobeyed the military order. The horse that dismounted was shot to death by Wei Mu Shanxi on the spot."

"Suspicion? Isn't this Wei Mu Shanxi the elder brother of King Xia's wife?"

Xiao Xianrong looked at the capital of Xixia on the sand table, and more or less heard about the internal affairs of the Xixia royal court when guarding the border, "Maybe it has something to do with the escaped marriage."

"Escape from marriage?"

"Wei Mu's family is a powerful family. In order to gain the support of Wei Mu's family, the eldest son of Xia Wang asked Xia Wang to marry the daughter of his uncle Wei Mu Shanxi. I heard that the princess of Xixia has a temperament like his father, and he is a bit fierce. "Xiao Xianrong stared at the aristocratic tribes leading the army in Xiaguo in the sand table, "There is also a party and government in Xixia, and the Weimu and Yeli families are both relatives. , the general also heard that the Noli family also wanted to marry their daughter to the prince."

Shen Yi'an lowered his head and stroked his beard, "If it's true what Deputy Commander Xiao said, then this battle will be easy."

Shen Yi'an walked to King Chu's side, "The order has come down, there are only generals in the army and no monarchs, but the six kings are the youngest sons of the official family after all..."

Listening to Shen Yi'an's words, King Chu interrupted him, "Please tell the marshal if you have any arrangements, I am just a pawn in the army now."

"In the past, the Japanese generals accompanied the officials to fight. Every time they went to the battlefield, the officials would take the lead and be invincible. How dare you be the vanguard of this battle?" Shen Yi'an looked at him contemptuously, bowed his head and smiled, "Of course this commander is just Put forward, it is not difficult to force others, swords have no eyes on the battlefield..."

In front of everyone, Shen Yi'an wanted to embarrass her, saying that it is not a way to force others to be difficult, but in fact it was just a different way to force it. Shen Yi'an interrupted: "I disagree. The vanguard should send experienced and skilled generals to lead the battle. What's the point of letting a new soldier be the general? Marshal Xiao..."

Shen Yi'an was suddenly furious, wrinkled his dark face with sharp edges and corners, and threw a sign heavily towards the sand table. A small hill piled up on the sand table collapsed in an instant, and he shouted angrily: "Whether this battle is going to be fought or not, who is doing it now?" Be the Marshal of Xidou?"

Xiao Xianrong stepped forward and pulled the bearded man away and handed Shen Yi'an a hand, "The general is not good at disciplining his subordinates, please calm down, Marshal."

Shen Yi'an glared at Xiao Xianrong angrily, and then looked at the bearded Commander Xiang Jundu, "When did this commander say that the king of Chu would be the general?"

The bearded man wrinkled his face, "You..."

The King of Chu immediately pulled the bearded man's arm and shook his head slightly towards him.

"Come here, drag this person out and beat him with twenty army sticks."

"marshal..."

"Whoever dares to intercede will be punished."

Xiao Xianrong knew that Shen Yi'an was trying to use others to show his prestige, and it happened that Zhang Huai ran into his muzzle.

Shen Yi'an said again: "The order will go on, and the army will start tonight. If anyone makes false remarks or disobeys the military order in the future, no matter who it is, the commander will definitely kill him."

"Yes."

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At the end of March, Shen Yi'an secretly ordered the transfer envoy of Yongxing Army Road to lead the horse army and the transfer envoy of Qinfeng Road to attack and besiege Weizhou from both sides. With the Jingsai horse army led by Zhang Huai, the main force, as the vanguard, the Song and Xia armies fought in Weizhou.

The Song army set up artillery carts and bed crossbows on the hills, and the neatly arranged cavalry army fell into the formation and was instantly dispersed. The two armies could only use their armor to distinguish the enemy from us. In order to survive, the soldiers could only throw away their panic and waved A sharp blade walks on the edge of death. If you go forward, you will die, and if you retreat, you will die. It is better to leave the scar on your chest and fight for the king and the country.

Only when you are on the battlefield do you know that war is more terrifying than you imagined. There are ping-pong-pong-pong soldiers in your ears, horseshoes trampling on the loess and raising dust, and when you cut down with a waist knife, the gushing blood splatters three feet away. Become vulnerable in front of the sharp gun.

The scattered guards searched for Zhu Qishan Wenjia and gathered closer. The king of Chu, who had already experienced one death, was still terrified in his heart even in the midst of this fight.

The golden spear pierced the armor of the Song army, and immediately picked up the soldier with a broken arm. The general on the iron horse was burly and strong, and his strength was amazing.

【In the midst of the battle, the enemy commander will fall into battle to boost morale. If the six kings encounter someone with a golden gun, they must avoid it. ] This is what the bearded man told the king of Chu before the war.

Zhu Qishan Wenjia was very conspicuous in the army. Even though he avoided the enemy's commander, the King of Chu was still being targeted by several Western Xia ancestors at the same time, and the accompanying guards fell one after another.

The king of Chu was trapped in the formation of the advancing army, and the royal horse was cut off by the infantry's iron chains and scimitars, and she fell to the ground with her whole body. There were also people fighting beside Xia Bing, who was shot by an arrow that flew suddenly. Although the arrow failed to penetrate his armor, it made his hand holding the knife tremble, and the moment he cut it, he deviated a little. The knife that was originally aimed at the neck was cut on the helmet, and Xia Bing shook the hand holding the sharp blade.

This knife with all its strength hit the king of Chu's head, and immediately there was a blur in front of his eyes. He bent his knees and fell down again. When a Xixia ancestor found out, he rode a horse and made a way towards him. With his armor, he thought that the king of Chu was at least the Song Dynasty. Generals at the commander level of the military capital tried to take credit for their heads.

The gun had already fallen when she fell from the horse, and the king of Chu picked up a wide and long single-edged sword in a pool of blood, propped up one knee to resist the spear that the enemy would stab at her.

The long knife was shaken from her hand, but the enemy general's spear was only a little bit off. The spear that should have been pierced between the eyebrows slashed across her face, and a bright red gash appeared on the face that was originally stained with yellow mud. Blood flowed from the scratch.

The mud blocked the young general's face, making it hard for the Xixia general to tell his age. The general who failed in one blow suddenly became interested, "Good boy, you can still block my gun, but I will kill your head!"

The enemy general spoke Xixia language. The king of Chu got up from the ground in horror. Several Xixia soldiers embraced each other with knives. She hurriedly pulled out a machete from a corpse to deal with it.

The general rode his horse and drove away a few Song soldiers and shouted at the Xia soldiers who besieged the king of Chu, "This enemy is the prey of the leader, how dare you fight for food?"

At this point, the King of Chu discovered that although they were all wearing the uniforms of the Xixia army, they had different ornaments on their left arms. Although Xixia learned the Central Plains system, they still retained the officials. Obviously, these Xixia soldiers were not the same as the generals who chased her. of the same tribe.

The Xia soldiers retreated and turned to kill others. The Xixia general rode on the horse with a hideous face, blood dripping from the tip of the spear held horizontally in his hand, and the few guards were invincible.

Seeing that this young general seems to be young but there are so many people desperately protecting him, this makes him more excited and convinced that the King of Chu is some important figure in the Eastern Dynasty, "Maybe if I kill you, Khan can make me a Monin Order .”

In the end, only the king of Chu was left around, holding the scimitar tightly with both hands, staring at the blood-red eyes without daring to relax for a moment, the king of Chu turned his right hand, and there was still a sleeve arrow hidden in the armguard of the armor.

The general approached the king of Chu with a spear on his horse, but he didn't rush to kill him. Instead, he rode his horse around in a circle, trampling on the corpse without any scruples.

Even after learning the Central Plains etiquette for hundreds of years, the innate wildness of the Xia people cannot be changed. The general's eyes are full of jokes. After circling for a while, he felt that it was really boring. He narrowed his eagle eyes and pointed at the gun: "Tell me about the ruthlessness in your eyes." You want to kill me, but your strength is too weak. I don't know why you are wearing this military uniform now. Are all the generals of your Song people so unbearable except Xiao Huaide? But my intuition tells me , you are not afraid of death but you are not willing to die, if you save your life, in time you may become my big summer trouble." After speaking, the general took the spear in his hand and jumped on his horse, his eyes full of murderous intent. The king of Chu rushed straight away.

"Zhang Huai is here!"

— Kuang! ——

With a sound of collision, the two soldiers met, and the turning blade grabbed the spear from the enemy general's hand.

"I didn't hide the old thief, but I still recognize your grandfather?" Zhang Huai rode forward on a black horse and blocked the King of Chu behind the horse.

"No Tibetan?" The King of Chu was shocked. No wonder this person spoke Chinese just now, and the group of Xixia soldiers just didn't dare to approach because of his words. It turned out that this person was the Wuzang family of the Dangxiang family in Liangzhou.

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The war lasted for half a month until mid-April, when Xixia retreated at the sound of the golden bell, and abandoned Weizhou, which was easy to attack and difficult to defend, and retreated to Gyeongju.

Although Weizhou was regained, the Song army suffered heavy losses. "It seems that the first battle was won, but in fact it is no different from losing. We have fought for half a month in Weizhou, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend, let alone Qingzhou, which is difficult to attack."

Inside the tent, the long scar on King Chu's left face had scabbed off, and a new scar ran across the side, but it was not as deep as the old one. For minor wounds in the army, he would only apply some wound medicine to wait for him to heal himself.

The shawl on the left shoulder was carefully removed along the broken arrow, and the narrow sleeve of the round collar robe was stained red with blood, "My lord, please hold back, I will clean up the wound of Ya Hanhan to stop the bleeding."

Compared with the panic when she first went to the battlefield at the beginning of the month, she is used to and adapted to walking in the bloody battlefield now, and she will no longer be scared by the flying heads, nor will she be unable to lift the hand holding the knife.

The king of Chu bit a dagger and nodded lightly. The military doctor took a breath and pulled out the arrow as quickly as possible. Blade arrow.

The three-pointed point on the back of the arrow drew blood and flesh quickly, and the pain almost caused the quilt on the bed of the king of Chu to be scratched. , a few drops of sweat flowed down his forehead.

It wasn't until the wound was treated and hemostatic medicine was applied that the king of Chu took the strength to support the small table on the couch with one hand, and the dagger he was biting in his mouth also fell. He took a few breaths, and beads of sweat fell to the corner of the table .

The military doctor prepared the wound medicine and left it behind, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty will leave." There were not many military doctors in the first place. After half a month of war, there were countless casualties and thousands of wounded and disabled every day. Fortunately, the supply of medicines at the rear of the imperial court was sufficient. , the officials who are military medical envoys have to rush to the next place to treat other generals.

"Is it all right, my lord?" Xiao Xianrong looked at the pale man.

"Next time, my lord, let my subordinates go to the battlefield with you!" Now there are only two guards brought by the king of Chu, and the youngest one in the account is ordered not to go to the battle.

The king of Chu raised his sweaty head and squirmed his pale lips, "Okay, I will let you go next time, let's all go down first, this king has something to say to Mount Tai."

"Yes."

"How much does Taishan know about Wei Mu Shanxi?"

Xiao Xianrong lowered his head and thought, "He and I are not much different in age. He is an old opponent. We know each other's details. He retreated to Gyeongju this time. Gyeongju is my gateway to the northwest. He wants to put the final victory or defeat on Going to Gyeongju, I think there should be disagreements within the Xia Kingdom, so he wants to resolve it quickly. If Gyeongju cannot be recovered for a long time, the morale of our army will definitely be low or even collapsed. If there is no internal dispute in the Xia army this time, Weizhou may We can't get it back."

"Marshal has an order!" A lieutenant broke into the tent, narrowed his eyes and looked at Xiao Xianrong, "Oh, Marshal Xiao is here too."

"My lord is injured, and I'm here to inspect the wound."

The lieutenant general just lowered his head and smiled, "Since Marshal Xiao is here, then I will convey it together. The Marshal's password, the battle to recapture Gyeongju invites the Prince of Chu to be the right wing, and Xiao Xianrong leads the left wing horse army to join forces with Ben and the main force. It will take three days." In one fell swoop, we will defeat the enemy and take back Gyeongju."