Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

The Security Army belongs to the Yongxing Army Road. It was established in the second year of Taiping Xingguo. Its main purpose was to prevent the invasion of Xiazhou Dangxiang.

When the weather was calm, Baoan used to be an important channel for business travelers to and from Song and Xia.

It's just that all these exchanges, with the huge turmoil of Li Yuanhao's rebellion against the Song Dynasty and establishing himself as the Xia Kingdom, turned into powder in an instant.

Bao'an is adjacent to Xia Guoyan and Youzhou. With this as the center, the Song army can leave Yinzhou in the east, Huanan and Qingzhou in the west, and go straight to Huaiyuan and Jingbian in the north.Such a very convenient marching channel for the Song army is also a great shortcut for the Xia army who intends to explore and seize the Song soil once it is breached, and can drive straight into the Central Plains.

The security guards, which were originally remote, suddenly became a battleground for military strategists.

At this moment, the Song army was still confused and anxious about the army that had not yet set off and was advancing towards Hongzhou. It didn't notice the tense atmosphere and the approaching danger.

Zhang Kang walked boldly towards Di Qing's temporary residence, bathed in the questioning eyes of the soldiers all the way.

Even with his concentration, he couldn't bear it any longer, so when the door knocked, Di Qing's voice came out inside, and he hurriedly pushed the door and stepped in.

Di Qing had only changed half of his clothes when Zhang Kang rudely pushed the door open and entered.

He paused, turned his head slightly, glanced at it with a frown, and continued to arrange his clothes in an orderly manner.

"What time is it, and you still have the mind to fix your appearance!" Zhang Kang sighed, "If you wait any longer, I don't know how many military orders will come to urge you, and the soldiers below have already started muttering, why don't you plan to move out? "

Di Qing said concisely: "Wait a little longer."

"I guess you either have other plans, or you have a secret order," Zhang Kang sat cross-legged on the couch, and smiled bitterly: "But if you want to keep it a secret, at least you should talk to your Zhang Lingzhi a little bit, so as not to worry about it." He was covered with bags from being asked!"

Di Qing glanced at Zhang Kang, who was as anxious as an ant in a hot pot, and knew his belligerent mentality well.

Because of their hurry along the way, they arrived at the security area four days ahead of schedule.In the spare time of these few days, he used it to refresh the exhausted sergeants, and on the other hand, he reorganized the army, replenished military supplies to prepare for the northern expedition, and did not forget to send people to detect the enemy's movements.

When Di Qing soon learned that in the face of the unavoidable commotion when they came to the security guard, Xia Junzhai, which was stationed outside the Tumen and closest to the Jinmingzhai of the Song Army, had a slight increase in patrol manpower. When he was almost indifferent, he keenly noticed something was wrong.

Either Xia Jun is confident that the number of troops will be completely suppressed, and he is confident in defending the village, and he is fearless of Song Jun's increase of troops at the border;

The Song army was dominated by infantry, and the 'forbidden army' led by Di Qing... Although he had been forcibly suppressed for several months, his arrogance and arrogance had been restrained, but no matter in terms of combat effectiveness or ferocity, it was far inferior to With their outstanding cavalry and archery skills, Xia Guo cavalrymen who robbed the border people of the Song Dynasty all the year round.

Adding up the two disadvantages, even though it seems that there is a slight advantage in numbers, Di Qing does not intend to act rashly until there is enough chance of winning.

'Containment' seems simple, but for the security guards who are in a deadly position, they need to be cautious.

Zong Siluo's purpose is very clear - the main role of the security force in the battle situation is to contain as many troops as possible, rather than requiring them to achieve any specific results.

After all, the gains and losses on the eastern line of the Great Song Dynasty have nothing to do with Tubo, who is far away in the west.

There were 1 soldiers originally guarding security, plus the 8000 troops brought by Di Qing, at first glance, it was more than double the [-] Xia Guo guarded Hongzhou.

After three full days of recuperation, most of the soldiers have completely recovered their spirits. They are both apprehensive about the upcoming expedition and full of fighting spirit to make contributions, but they don't want to face this obvious numerical advantage. However, Di Qing has always chosen to stand still and wait and see silently, as if waiting for something.

What is he waiting for?What else can we wait for?

Di Qing's specific thoughts obviously made everyone, including Zhang Kang, feel elusive.

And in the eyes of many people, every day that it drags on, Xia Jun realizes that the number of troops stationed here increases, and the possibility of sending more people to Hongzhou increases, which is more beneficial to the Song Army who should have a quick battle... ...I'm afraid it's a serious crime to delay a fighter plane.

Facing Zhang Kang's questioning, Di Qing was silent for a moment, and told the truth: "I am not very sure, but the performance of the Xia people is too calm - if the battle situation remains unchanged after five days, I will report to His Majesty I will write a letter to plead guilty, and I will not stop Brother Zhang in the slightest."

Zhang Kang was taken aback for a moment, and immediately understood: "Do you think that the Xia army will use offense instead of defense, and take control of the security first?"

Di Qing nodded.

After what he said, Zhang Kang's thoughts raced in his mind. While he felt that Xia Jun's performance was indeed extremely suspicious, he also noticed the serious consequences of his careless ignorance under the excitement of his longing for the battle.

If Di Qing's concerns were false and the worst result of delaying the ten-day effort, it would be nothing more than Xia's urgent increase of troops on the eastern front. The two armies faced each other far away and failed to achieve real results. The 'pin' convention.

If Di Qing's concerns are true——

A drop of cold sweat rolled down from Zhang Kang's forehead.

Although Li Yuanhao is notoriously cruel and violent, he is by no means a reckless man with military ambitions: he despises the weak and incompetent Song people on the surface, but secretly he has tried his best to collect countless military books from the Central Plains, and eagerly ingested information about the art of war and strategy. valuable knowledge.

If it weren't for the fact that a forbearance and military genius hadn't been killed out of nowhere, this insidious and cunning hero's crazy decision to pour all his troops from the whole country and conquer Tibet in the south might not have turned into the tragedy of that day.

Zhang Kang suddenly realized that what if these ten thousand infantry who lacked experience in the battlefield and had never seen blood encountered the well-trained Xia Gongqi before the front and were surrounded by ambushes behind, The security guards in the pass are in a dilemma... how terrifying it would be.

"Indeed, you should be cautious." Zhang Kang breathed a sigh of relief, and said solemnly: "Just do what you said, and wait for a few more days. If the imperial court wants to investigate, I will also be counted. You will never be the only one to take the blame. reason."

Di Qing laughed, shook his head and said: "Brother Zhang said these words, it is too early."

Sitting on the sidelines does not mean "shrinking".

In the next few days, Di Qing did not simply wait, but ordered Zhang Kang to select more than [-] most trustworthy soldiers and divide them into ten small teams, each of whom wore a suit made of dead branches and leaves. Rough camouflage, take turns to leave the customs at night, and when you get around to the blind spot of the enemy's sight, change your clothes and return secretly.

At the same time, he ordered people to gradually reduce the amount of temporary military accounts placed on the school grounds.

These "concealed" actions quickly fell into the eyes of the soldiers in charge of the Xia army's investigation. After careful investigation, they found that the military account also decreased. matured.

——Although the whereabouts of the stealthy sneak attack army will not be known for a while, the Baoanmen village, whose troops have dropped sharply, is the fat in their eyes and the most coveted target.

Whenever Li Yuanhao used troops against the Song Dynasty, he would definitely send out a small army to harass the security guards, in case the security forces raided the hinterland and cut off the supplies of the troops on the eastern front.

After Xiao Zongyu led his troops to march for several days, he came from Youzhou, which is not far away, but he was not in a hurry to attack, but while repairing, he carefully observed and listened to the recent movements of the Song army.

When he heard that the reinforcements led by those two yellow-mouthed children had already left at night thinking that no one knew about it, Xiao Zongyu couldn't help but sneered.

—Pretending to be smart.Is this the ability of a child surnamed Di who made Xia people feel so jealous?

Although Xiao Zongyu is a general of the Liao Dynasty, he also knows Li Yuanhao's usual methods in detail, so the military strategy he appointed this time is exactly the opposite - to harass Yanzhou with false troops, to attack Bao'an with large troops, and to attack west .

In Xiao Zongyu's plan, if he could take down the security guards with a thunderbolt before Na Di and the children surnamed Zhang got the news, that would undoubtedly be the best result; To aid security, he can also order Xia Guo's defenders to send troops, and the second army will attack the panicked Song soldiers from front to back.

In this way, the security forces will either be forced to go out of the city for rescue, causing the door to open wide; or they will watch their compatriots slaughtered and their morale plummeted.

What Xiao Zongyu never dreamed of was that the plan he wrote himself, which he thought was perfect, would be ruthlessly smashed to pieces by the most despised "civilian" of the Song Dynasty in the next few days.

Whether it is Xia Jun or the Liao soldiers disguised as Xia Jun, they all learned riding and archery since childhood, and they are all good at shooting bows and arrows on horseback. Facing the infantry of the Song Dynasty, they have a natural advantage.

And the solidity of the outer gates is far inferior to the gates of the big and small cities in Yanzhou.The Liao soldiers led by Xiao Zongyu boasted that they had taken the first opportunity, and they all came with great momentum. When facing the Song soldiers who were still patrolling the village as usual, they all showed ferocious claws.

In the blink of an eye, iron cavalry galloped, yellow sand covered the sky, arrows rained like rain, horses neighed everywhere, knives crisscrossed... completely tore up the tranquility in the valley.

Facing such a wave of 'Heavenly Soldier' ​​that was several times larger than their own, the security guards clenched their weapons tightly, and they were not as frightened as Xiao Zongyu had imagined, standing with their legs doubled and retreated into the village, much less chaotic. In the first half of the game, they chose to fight resolutely at the first time.

"It's a bit bloody."

Xiao Zongyu made such an evaluation with a blank face, he didn't pay much attention to this point of resistance, but sat firmly in the middle army, commanding the vanguard to launch a fierce attack on the gate of the village, while squinting his eyes, trying to observe the situation in the village; Don't forget to send soldiers and always report back to Di Qing's troops.

However, until the sky turned dark, seeing the casualties of both sides soaring and wailing everywhere, Xiao Zongyu finally realized that something was wrong.

The cowardly Song soldiers who were supposed to be in chaos, for some reason, became more and more courageous as they fought, and because of the convenient defensive location, they were able to quickly send the wounded to treatment and send new replacements; In the face of endless enemy forces, he gradually became at a loss, became exhausted, and his morale dropped sharply...

what on earth is it? !

Xiao Zongyu looked up suspiciously, even if he didn't know the situation in the village, how could he not know after this day, it is impossible that there are only [-] guards in the village!

It was the people of Song who were cheating. They had already secretly increased their troops, and completely played a trick on a group of blind people from the Xia Kingdom!

Xiao Zongyu secretly scolded Song Bing who gave him wrong information, even though he was a little bit annoyed, he still didn't want to force himself to wear it down, but made a decisive decision to recall the soldiers, and he wanted to sort out the situation and then regain his strength.

"Come when you want, leave when you want?"

Di Qing snorted lightly.

In the eyes of the soldiers, Deputy Envoy Di, who was a solid "civilian official", had been dressed in jaw-dropping military uniform since early in the morning, with a bow and arrow on his back and a long sword on his waist.

Unbelievably, his neat attire didn't look out of harmony at all, it couldn't be more natural.

This is not Qinzhou City, where there are countless Qinzhou soldiers who have fought side by side with Di Qing. Di Qing turned a blind eye to the surprised eyes cast around him, walked through the shadows of swords and swords calmly, and gave orders methodically. Seeing in the eyes of waiting for work with ease, it was so smooth to appease the minds of the security forces who suffered from the 'raid'.

Seeing that Xiao Zongyu finally realized something was wrong, and when he turned around to retreat, this "gentle official" who was already an extraordinary "gentleman" in the eyes of Wanyu Song Bing slowly put on the ferocious bronze mask that had been prepared, and then...

Starting with a very beautiful shot of the horse and the gun, he rushed into the enemy's line like a gust of wind and rain, with unstoppable momentum, almost crazily.

The point of the berserk spear point is all blood clouds blooming.

Amidst the howling of the enemy army and the flying flesh and blood, the stalwart figure wearing the cold mask completely released the frightening bloodthirsty Shura under the shocked gaze of all the Song soldiers.