Chapter 346 Begging
for Surrender The king, Li Yuanhao, who seemed to be crazy and shocked by this sudden and unbelievable bad news, gradually sobered up and calmed down after spitting out a mouthful of blood.
This young, promising, wise, courageous and strong-willed king of Xixia would not give up easily. His ambition to lead the Dangxiang people to fight against the fate of being controlled by the big countries and to build a strong country ruled by the Dangxiang people would not change.
Li Yuanhao wiped the blood from his lips, his face firm, his eyes sharp, and he said in a deep voice, "Since the reinforcements are not needed, then follow me to defend Xingqing Prefecture! Order the troops in Suizhou, Lingzhou, and Jingzhou to withdraw half of them to support Xingqing Prefecture!"
The panic-stricken ministers gradually calmed down when they saw the young and promising king's perseverance, wisdom and courage. ...
The old general Yang Ye, the Golden Sword Lord, led 10,000 soldiers to defend Yanmen Pass, and Yang Yanzhao led the 20,000 elite soldiers of the New Army's First Army to Xiazhou City to join His Royal Highness the Regent King.
Yang Yanzhao, who became the consort of the emperor, joked with the prince, "Prince, I received the military order and hurried all the way to join the battle. I didn't expect that you would capture Xiazhou City in half a day. Xiazhou City is a tough bone, and the soldiers of the First Army are not lucky enough to have a bite!"
The old general Zhe Dejian laughed out loud at this. Seeing that his usually stable grandson had learned to tell jokes, he asked curiously, "Yanzhao, have you also learned it?" You're kidding. Is it because you became a consort after marriage and the prince became your elder brother-in-law, that you have less awe and alienation towards His Highness?"
Yang Yanzhao smiled shyly, "Grandfather, please don't tease me. How dare I not be in awe of the prince? The relationship between the prince and I is not just that of a brother-in-law and an elder brother-in-law. As a disciple of Tai Chi, I naturally have awe and alienation towards the husband of the Tai Chi master."
"Tai Chi?" General Zhe became even more curious. "What kind of martial arts is Tai Chi? How did you become its disciple?"
Regent Prince Zhao Defang smiled and explained to General Zhe, "Tai Chi was founded by my princess. The princess personally performed surgery on Yang Yanzhao and saved his life. She did a favor without expecting anything in return. It was your brain-dead granddaughter Yang Yanqi who tricked your brother into joining the Tai Chi sect and becoming my princess' disciple."
General Zhe smiled and shook his head. He joked, "It turned out to be just a joke, Yanzhao. You are the princess's registered disciple. What do these people call you?"
Yang Yanzhao was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to respond to his grandfather.
The corners of the lips of the Regent Prince Zhao Defang raised a wicked smile, and he looked at General Zhe and startled him again. "General Zhe, please don't look down on the Tai Chi School founded by my princess.
My uncle Wu Chizi and uncle Ghost Hand Poison Doctor both willingly and voluntarily joined the Tai Chi School. Yan Zhao is lucky to be brothers with them."
General Zhe's eyes widened in shock!
"The hermit Wu Chizi and Ghost Hand Poison Doctor both joined the Tai Chi School? They... they became masters of the Regent Princess? This... this is too... too... shocking, isn't it?" Zhe Dejian finally said a word.
Regent Prince Zhao Defang proudly picked up the teacup and took a sip, ignoring what the old Zhe Touer meant by the outrageous words.
Yang Yanzhao spoke for the prince, "Grandfather, you don't know the princess. The princess is a person of temperament, unrestrained and generous. The princess is extremely intelligent and is a direct disciple of the Goddess of Luo River. She possesses countless magical skills and abilities. Being able to join the Tai Chi School founded by the princess is a blessing that ordinary people like us in this world can only dream of."
General Zhe became more curious, "The princess is a direct disciple of the Goddess of Luo River? Then...then the princess She is not a human, but a fairy from heaven?"
Regent Prince Zhao Defang put down his teacup, smiled faintly, and explained to the old cat whose curiosity killed it, "It was a dream. My princess was accepted as a disciple by the Goddess of Luo River in a dream and was taught a set of magical skills."
General Zhe, who was still half-believing and half-doubting, looked at His Royal Highness the Regent Prince carefully with a strange look, as if he wanted to see if there was a trace of fairy spirit on the Regent Princess' husband.
Cao Wei and Gao Yingxiong laughed so hard that their shoulders shook. They thought that the old general stared at the prince with such a strange look. I wonder if the prince is proud or disgusted? …～………
Regent Zhao Defang personally led more than 70,000 troops to the city of Xingqing. Li Yuanhao, the ruler of Xixia, dressed in golden armor, stood on the city wall with a solemn and resolute look. He was confident that he could use the 80,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 heavily armored cavalry in the city to break through the Song army's camps that stretched for several miles!
Seeing that the Song army had no intention of attacking the city immediately, they were busy setting up camp.
The opportunity was rare, and Li Yuanhao decisively ordered, "Open the city gates, take the initiative to attack, 10,000 Iron Harriers heavy cavalry in front, 60,000 light cavalry following behind, and charge at the Song army camp!"
The confident Xixia King Li Yuanhao, when the army rushed out of the city and approached the Song army camp three miles away, realized how Xiazhou City and Xiping Prefecture of Xiliang Prefecture were defeated.
How powerful was the rolling thunder that would emit fire and explode that the soldiers who escaped back talked about? What kind of irresistible killing power was it!
Amid the roar of cannons and thunder, the 10,000 heavily armored cavalrymen charging in front were as fragile as paper, with people and horses falling, limbs flying, and blood flowing like a river...
The lightly armored cavalrymen behind gritted their teeth and stepped on the corpses of their compatriots and rushed forward. From the camp of tens of thousands of Great Song divine arm bow formations, rows of black arrows like dense raindrops flew out, and the elite cavalrymen fell off their horses one by one.
"Ming Jin, withdraw the troops!" The young Xixia king's heart ached, and he wisely ordered Ming Jin to withdraw the troops. This kind of long-range and penetrating arrow rain array, how many lives of the party's athletes are not enough to fill it, not to mention the endless rolling thunder exploding in the charging team.
The young king with great talent and ambition closed his eyes in pain. The
wise and wise young king Li Yuanhao realized a fact: in this era, the Song army led by Regent Zhao Defang is invincible! Any powerful army that encounters them will be defeated by the dimensionality reduction!
When the enemy army fled back to the city, leaving behind nearly 20,000 corpses, Regent Zhao Defang did not order troops to pursue and kill them. Anyway, no matter how high the city walls are, they can't stop the Song army's overwhelming force. Let's just attack the Xixia government leisurely!
It took half a day to clean up the battlefield. A great victory in which they lost 20,000 enemies without any damage made the soldiers more motivated. The Song soldiers firmly believed that they were an invincible army and could win the battle to the horizon with His Royal Highness the Regent.
The young, wise, wise and courageous Xixia King Li Yuanhao locked himself in the room, thought painfully all night, and made a wise choice.
At dawn the next day, a white flag was raised on the wall of Xingqing Prefecture. Xixia King Li Yuanhao sent an envoy out of the city to the Song army camp to beg for surrender.
The Song soldiers who were eating breakfast and preparing to attack the city were talking in frustration. The Xixia king had surrendered, so the war was over. I hadn't made many military achievements yet! The ideal of killing the enemy and gaining merit and being rewarded with a title was shattered in the blink of an eye.