Chapter 314 Officials supervise the battle and shoot King Pu(3/4)
'Fortunately, the attendant next to me is a warrior from the Dangxiang clan. This rough man does not study and does not know the history of the Tang Dynasty. He also does not know that during the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Xun, the defender of Huaiyang in the Tang Dynasty, defended the city of Huaiyang.
One year due to lack of food, 30,000 people in the city were eaten...'
Thinking of this, Li Renzhong couldn't help but tremble slightly. He had the last part of the sentence buried deep in his heart:
'If all the Han people in Xijing City in Daxia are eaten up, then the old civilians, women and children among the Dangxiang people who cannot defend the city will definitely become the food for my soldiers and generals who defend the city!'
'If that happens, I will also learn from Zhang Xun and be the first to kill his wife, concubines, children, cook them, and reward the three armies to boost their morale!'
‘If you kill the useless people in the city and cook them and eat them, you will definitely defend this city and defend the place where our Great Xia Kingdom is prosperous. In this way, we can drag down and drag down the enemy army of the Song Dynasty to death...'
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"King Pu!" The guard saw Li Renzhong's pale face and trembling body. He asked carefully and softly:
"Prince Pu, you have been working too hard from early morning to this afternoon. Why don't you go back home to have lunch and rest for a while?"
Li Renzhong waved his hands and said: "I am neither tired nor hungry!"
In the afternoon, under the protection of a group of personal guards, Li Renzhong rode a war horse in the city and personally led the team to inspect the progress of each team's grain collection army.
"Report!" Li Renzhong suddenly received a report from his subordinates:
"The Song army escorted the captured Jin King of Daxia Kingdom and marched outside the west city to the south city...'
Li Renzhong frowned and asked: "Are the Song troops marching still outside Nancheng?"
The reporting officer replied: "Reporting to King Pu, the Song army parade has left, but they have not returned to camp."
Li Renzhong thought deeply: "It seems that they are going to march outside the East City and North City of Xijing! According to your investigation, what was the reaction of our army after seeing the Song Army's parade?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Reporting to King Pu, our army's soldiers guarding the city, after seeing the Song army escorting the procession of King Jin, many soldiers became pessimistic...
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"Rumors spread in the army, and many soldiers secretly spread the word:
'The Song army received help from the gods, who were able to draw thunder from the sky, and struck our strongest cavalry, the Iron Kites, in the Great Xia Kingdom, with electric lightning and annihilated the whole army! Otherwise, how could the Song army capture King Jin, the commander of the Iron Kites Army?
Where is Brother Richard?
Prince Jin is the most favored and most relied upon God of War by our Emperor Xia...'"
"Nowadays, among the many generals who defend Xijing in our city, rumors are spreading: There is only one way to die in defending Xijing, the city will be captured by the Song army, and this battle will be defeated. It is better to take advantage of the darkness to open the city gate and force
If we break out, we might still have a chance to survive..."
With a "pop" sound, Li Renzhong, who was riding on a war horse, raised his whip angrily and threw it with an ear-splitting crack in the air. He shouted angrily:
"Damn the Song Army, they actually resorted to such despicable methods! Come on, follow me to Dongcheng to see what's going on."
"Follow orders..."
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After Li Renzhong, wearing a five-clawed python robe, boarded the east city of Xijing, the defenders immediately stopped lamenting and talking in frustration, and the morale of the Xia army defending the city was slightly boosted...
Li Renzhong stood on the city tower and heard the Song troops below the city shouting in unison to the city in turns in Chinese and Dangxiang.
The Song army first shouted in unison to persuade them to surrender, and then they cursed the Xia army that if they did not quickly open the city and surrender, they would be captured like Brother Richard, and life would be worse than death...
Li Renzhong held on to the crenels on the top of the city tower and looked down. He saw nearly a thousand Song troops in the distance below the city. They were escorting Brother Richard who was tied to a carriage and were parading under the city...
In addition to the embarrassed Brother Richard, the car was also tied with a torn and blood-stained iron kite military flag, and the specially made stainless steel armor that Brother Richard would wear in battle was also hung on the car.
"Alas!" Li Renzhong sighed sadly.
He originally wanted to lie to his opponent's soldiers that the person kidnapped by the Song army during the march was not Brother Richard, the Jin king of Daxia.
Unexpectedly, Brother Richard is too well-known. He has led troops for many years and has many old acquaintances in the army.
Last year, Brother Richard, King of Jin, came to Xijing City and paid a visit to the three armies in Xijing City. There were many Xia soldiers who knew Brother Richard in Xijing City.
In order to stabilize the morale of the army and boost morale, Li Renzhong shouted emotionally:
"Although our King Jin of Daxia Kingdom was captured, he did not betray and surrender to the enemy. Otherwise, he would not have been tortured to such an embarrassing state by the Song army!"
All the soldiers around him nodded in agreement.
Li Renzhong shouted: "The King of Jin is loyal and patriotic, and would rather die than surrender. He is a role model for us! We should follow his example, hold on to the city, and swear to fight the enemies of Song to the bitter end!"
The Xia army on the city listened to Li Renzhong's passionate shouts, and then looked at the Song army camps one after another outside the city. They weakly followed Li Renzhong and shouted several times:
"We must hold on to the city and vow to fight the enemies of the Song Dynasty to the bitter end!"
Suddenly, Li Renzhong saw another group of hundreds of cavalrymen in bright armor appearing behind the Song army's parade. They were protecting a nobleman riding a white horse and wearing a red cloak.
Watching that noble man from a distance on the city, although you can't see it clearly, you can feel his extraordinary popularity and majestic appearance!
Little did he know that these noble people belonged to the family of Emperor Zhao Guan of the Song Dynasty.
Now Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, who is upstairs in the east city of Xijing, is lucky enough to be looking at each other in silence four or five hundred steps away from the Zhao Guan family of the Song Dynasty emperor far below the city...
"I would like to report to King Pu that I will lead a thousand cavalry out of the city to kill the enemy and recapture our King Jin of Great Xia who was captured by the Song army."
"The general is also willing to go with me..."
"The general is also willing to go with me..."
Above the east city, the calls for battle from several guards interrupted Li Renzhong's trance.
"Don't leave the city easily!" Li Renzhong pointed at the Song army under the city and scolded:
"The Song enemy's move was a deliberate provocation under the city, and they wanted to lure our army out of the city to fight. You only saw the Song army with less than a thousand cavalry under the city, shouting and provoking. Little did you know that when our army opened the city gate, lowered the drawbridge and left the city, Song
The large group of people ambushing in the military camp behind the army will definitely rush out, they will definitely cross the moat easily, and they can rush into the east city gate without much effort!"
"Pass this king's military order and anyone who dares to leave the city will be killed without mercy!"
Just now he was shouting that he wanted to invite those who left the city to fight, but he was immediately speechless.
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At the same time, Zhao Ji, who was far away from the city, pointed at Li Renzhong on the enemy city and said:
"Send a surrender team to the enemy's moat and shout, "I am here. If King Pu of Western Xia is willing to lead his troops out of the city to surrender, I will definitely give preferential treatment to the soldiers and civilians in the city to ensure that Li Renzhong will not lose his position as King Pu and can still enjoy glory."
Rich!"
Yue Fei took the order and sent out a group of thirty armored cavalry. Each of them wore armor captured from the Iron Kites Army.
After following Zhao Guan's imperial edict, these thirty cavalrymen rode their horses to the moat outside the east city of Xijing.
Facing Xia Jun's tower, they shouted in unison the imperial edict of Zhao Guan's family to surrender Li Renzhong...
Li Renzhong and the Xia army soldiers in the city were shocked when they heard that Zhao Guanji was actually supervising the battle in the Song army's rear formation!
However, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was too far away from them, and his bow and arrow could not shoot at all.
Li Renzhong was afraid that the voices of the 30 Song Army cavalrymen advising them to surrender would affect his and his soldiers' determination to defend Xijing City, so he roared angrily:
"The archers of our army fired arrows to kill the enemy of Song Dynasty who disturbed the morale of our army."
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Arrows rained down from the city.
Fortunately, the thirty cavalrymen wearing Iron Kites armor sent out by Zhao Guanjia were about 150 or 60 steps away from the enemy city. The arrows fired by the enemy were already lethal when they got close to them.
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Even so, several Song Army cavalry had several arrows inserted into their armors...
"Hmph!" Zhao Ji said angrily: "I gave Li Renzhong a chance to open the city and surrender to save the lives of his soldiers and civilians, but he didn't take advantage of it. Then you can't blame me for being cruel!"
When Yue Fei saw that Zhao Guan's family was angry, he immediately asked for a fight:
"To inform the officials, the humble minister Yue Fei is willing to lead a group of skilled horsemen and archers to rush to the enemy's moat and fire arrows together to teach the Xia enemy a lesson!"
Zhao Ji said, "Peng Ju has the qualifications to be a general. Don't risk your life today."
The young and energetic Yue Fei was still trying to fight, but suddenly he heard Zhao Guan's family shouting:
"Where is my Imperial City Division Musketeers?"
"I'm waiting here!" A group of thirty cavalrymen carrying blazing guns and spears rushed out from the escort of three hundred imperial city officials and reined in their horses in front of Zhao Guan's house.
Zhao Ji raised his hand and pointed at the enemy's east tower and roared:
"You and your musketeers will attack with the whole army, ride your horses to the moat, use the muskets and spears I gave you, and shoot volley at the Western Xia Pu King Li Renzhong who is wearing a four-clawed python robe!"
"I obey the order..." The thirty musketeers all took off their long guns and quickly checked that all the guns and ammunition in their hands were filled and in a ready-to-fire condition.
"drive!"
"drive!"
"drive!"
Brother Richard, who was on the upper floor of the east city of Xijing in Xia Kingdom, held on to the crenellations of the city wall and looked down at the city. He laughed and said:
"Look! The Song Army only sends a mere thirty cavalry each time to persuade Long. Aren't they risking their lives?"
"Archers, let me shoot the second batch of Song cavalry in the city who are looking for death!"
To be continued...