A critical moment

A large army gathered in front of Suirong Fort. The cavalry, infantry, and artillery troops were all in neat formation, with bright flags, drums and horns sounding, and horses neighing continuously. Yang Hao was dressed in military uniform, sitting upright on his horse. Li Huating, Yang Yanlang, Tuoba Haofeng, Ai

Yihai, Zhang Chongwei, Ke Zhene and other tiger generals gathered together, surrounding him and Yang Jiye in the center.

"Go south from here and win the Qiang Village, Tongyuan Village, Dangqiang Village, Tongxia Village, Linqiang Fort, Wuning Fort, Tonghui Fort, and Dingrong Fort. Gu Yao will capture them all in one day."

The generals who heard Yang Hao's words were shocked. The Xixia cavalry gathered together. In addition to the regular army, the tribal troops of the eight Dangxiang clans had also been assembled. They were driving through Xiao Pass one after another, using all the Xixia Kingdom's full strength to deal with Shang Boqian.

The generals are still confident of victory, but Shang Boqian is not a soft persimmon. He has worked hard to manage Longyou for many years and is deeply rooted here. He has no less than 200,000 troops under his command. It is easy to defeat him. If you want to win completely, I am afraid it is the fastest.

It would take half a year, and the king actually boasted that he would capture four villages and four forts in Haikou in one day. This was simply impossible.

Opposite is Shang Boqian's men and horses. Shang Boqian's men and horses have been assembled. The army is ready. Looking from a distance, people are shouting and horses are neighing. They are as strong as mountains. Flags and streamers can block the sun. The swords are cold. How can it be easy to pinch?

persimmon?

"Marshal Yang, I will surrender the entire army to you. In this battle, I will just sit on the sidelines and watch the soldiers capture the thieves!"

"I obey the decree!"

Yang Jiye clasped his fists and accepted the order. He was covered in armor, with his shoulders and shoulder pads like a tiger swallowing the sun. His chest and back armor were integrated with his leg guards. He wore a horned animal helmet, and his face and neck were covered by his hood and neck guard, leaving only a pair of

Majestic eyes. Behind him, sitting on a tall horse, are three thousand cavalry with neat saddles, sabers and shields, and red tasseled spears in their hands.

Under the scorching sun, the three thousand armored cavalry remained motionless, blending in with the strict atmosphere of the entire military formation. Only the countless fluttering flags in the military formation made a sound, and made a little "pop" sound. On the opposite side, Shang Bo

Compared with the thousands of soldiers and horses, Yang Hao's main formation was a little less noisy, but a little more dignified.

Under the commander's banner, Yang Jiye began to mobilize his troops and generals with a sonorous and powerful voice. The generals whose names were called called "hey" one after another and turned their horses back to their own formations. The army began to mobilize slowly, and the military formation that was originally condensed like a mountain began to show its murderous aura.

Opposite, Shang Bo Qianduan was sitting on his horse, with a big flag behind him, looking solemnly at the formation slowly unfolding on the opposite side.

"Yang Hao came here with bad intentions. It coincided with the Song Dynasty's northern expedition to the Liao Kingdom and he had no time to take care of us. We must be careful in this battle. As long as we withstand the first wave of powerful offensives of the Xixia Army, we will definitely weaken their spirit. This is our territory, as long as we

When the two sides enter a stalemate, we can gradually reverse the situation. Even if we cannot drive them back to Hexi by our own strength, the Song Dynasty will react as time goes by. As long as Hengshan exerts a little pressure, Xixia will definitely be upset.

.By then, we will not only be able to defeat the Xixia army and drive them back to Hexi, but we may also be able to recapture Xiaoguan in one fell swoop."

"Brother, why do you need to be ambitious and destroy your own prestige? My younger brother has fought with the Xixia Army, and the Xixia Army is incompetent, so it's not worth mentioning. The Xixia Army should be on par with us in terms of military strength, but we have the right time and location.

Renhe, in this battle, what we should care about is whether we can behead Yang Jiye in one battle and send our troops northward to the west of Hexi."

Tu Bu looked at the Xixia army on the opposite side with great pride and disdain.

Another Tufan leader, Wang Nizhu, scolded: "Third brother, don't underestimate the enemy. Listen to the elder brother. If you want to win, you must first seek stability."

Tu Bu snorted, rather disapproving of it.

Shang Bo Qiandao: "Of course we won't be afraid of Xixia anymore. However, although Ye Luohe and Luo Dan promised to reconcile with me, the sincerity of these two old foxes is unpredictable. If we fight hard here and cannot escape,

It's really hard to predict whether those two old thieves will become greedy. Once they get involved behind our backs, it will be a great disadvantage to us."

Tu Bu said: "Aren't Wang Rufeng and Zhang Jun still guarding Lanzhou? Why should we be afraid of Ye Luohe and Shang Boqian's remnants of defeated generals?"

Shang Boqian frowned, looked back and asked: "Tong Yu, Di Haijing, when will Barcelona arrive?"

An aide next to him hurriedly said: "Sir, after receiving your general, the three adults traveled day and night to meet up. The news they received yesterday evening was that Sizi Chabao and Mr. Tong had passed through Tiandu Village. Perhaps one

We'll be there within a few hours."

"Very good!" Shang Boqian's face brightened slightly: "The two armies will be fighting for a while, and if this large army suddenly comes out, it will have a miraculous effect, haha..."

"Dong dong dong..."

"Boom, boom, boom..."

War drums roared, horns sounded, and there was a roar in front of the Xixia army. The cavalry in black armor raised their spears in unison, holding a shield in their left hand and a flat-end spear in their right hand. The barrel of the spear was held under their ribs, and the sharp spear point pointed directly at the enemy formation.

The shields were all cowhide riding shields with patterns of beasts painted on them. The red-tasseled spear was made of bamboo as its handle, painted black, and the grip was wrapped with fine linen silk. It was light and tough, and the sharp triangular blade was as long as one

It is half a foot long, has a bloody groove, and is filled with murderous intent.

"drink!"

Yang Yanlang shouted loudly, leapt on his horse, raised his spear, and led his troops to rush over. The cavalry seemed to rush forward in a chaotic manner, but every three knights always kept a certain distance between them and looked after each other.

The horse is a wedge shape, and all the wedge shapes merge into a huge wedge shape.

Charge into the formation! As soon as Yang Yanlang confronted him, he didn't test it, didn't disrupt the opponent's formation through flanking charges, harassment, containment and other measures, but he actually wanted to penetrate directly?

How many troops are on the opposite side? Although Shang Boqian's 200,000 troops have not all been deployed on the frontal battlefield, the number of troops in front will not be less than 100,000, with over 10,000 troops and horses, boundless, let alone a 100,000-strong army.

Yang Yanlang's contempt angered Tu Bu, and Tu Bu shouted: "Young man, you are here to fight." After saying this, he slapped the horse's butt with his steel knife and led his troops to charge forward. Shang Boqian was unable to stop him, so he had to order Wang Nizhu to do so.

He led his troops to support him and positioned himself in the central army's formation.

The earth trembled, and the sound of hoofbeats was like thunder. It added endless murderous aura to the wilderness in front of me. The sound of armor clashing with gold and iron, the sound of horses whipping and whipping, shouting and killing, smoke and dust filled the air, the color of the sky and the earth changed, and the fierce collision

, the men fell on their backs, and screamed miserably. Yang Yanlang took the lead, like the blade of a spear, severly cutting through the charging enemy soldiers, and broke into their formation. Countless soldiers followed closely behind, charging fiercely.

On the opposite side, the ferocious Vulture did not show any weakness. The Vulture held a big knife in his hand, howling and slashing, and a huge aquiline nose was splashed with blood, like a vulture pecking at flesh and blood.

When the waves split, his men and horses followed closely behind them, and they also used their own methods to treat others, severely impacting the Xixia army.

Yang Yanlang and Tu Bu were six horses apart and could already see each other's faces, but there were countless warriors fighting back and forth between them. They could not circle their horses to fight, nor could they slow down their horses and look at each other fiercely.

At a glance, the two men passed each other and charged towards the enemy's rear formation.

At this time, Yang Jiye and Shang Boqian coincidentally sent more soldiers to attack the opponent's flank army. A full-scale melee began under the Suirong Fort...

"When the Holy One governs this world, doesn't it mean that the country is peaceful and the people are safe? Although I dare not say that we, the Song Dynasty, do not close our doors at night and do not pick up things on the road, but the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the country is prospering day by day. Compared with the past when the princes fought in chaos and thousands of people were displaced, isn't it a hundred times stronger? You...

You rebellious officials and traitors, for the sake of your own selfish interests, if you really assassinate the Holy Emperor and hurt the current crown prince, if the world is once again in turmoil and countless people suffer, can you bear such a crime?"

Concubine Li Xian was indeed worthy of the word virtuous. When she fell into the hands of Bi Su, the assassin of King Shajia, she was not afraid that he would harm her, and she even heartbrokenly condemned his crime.

Bi Su sneered and said: "The world is the world, you keep saying it is the world, but whose world is this world? How big is the world? What you call the world is just the world of your Zhao family. What you call the world is

, it’s just your Song Kingdom’s world, no matter what methods Zhao Guangyi uses, what he wants is his family’s world for generations to come, don’t show me the face of being righteous for the world.”

He turned his head and looked back, and sneered: "Only your world is the world, and only your people are the people. Do everyone else deserve to die? All things are born in nature. It is natural for you to annex other countries. You slaughter others."

Is it to comply with the way of heaven? Is this your principle? Madam, you have your principles and I have mine. You, the royal family, do what you should do for the sake of your family, country, and inheritance for all generations. But I... just a common man, I just want to do it.

Defend my relatives, protect my relatives. Whoever hurts her, I will avenge her. What world and what people, when you raised the butcher knife, when did you think of them? They are all stinky bullshit!"

The two people quarreled all the way out of Bianliang City, with no one behind them. No one dared to show up. Bisu had already declared: "But if there is someone chasing me, if I see her, I will kill Concubine Li Xian."

Concubine Li Xian is the biological mother of the current prince. Who dares to take such a risk?

It turned out that Chu Yunxiu, the commander of Tianluo Prison, sent people to report urgently to Gu Ruoli and Zhen Chuge. It was true that these two adults were protecting themselves and refused to show up, but they did not ignore it. The two met in private.

After some discussion, they felt that since the Holy Emperor was not in the capital, the only people who could stop the prince were probably the few figures in the palace, so Gu Ruoli hurriedly went to see the queen.

Empress Li and Concubine Li Xian were playing chess in the palace at this time. Empress Li had nothing to do, but she was the empress of the main palace. Concubine Li Xian had many sons and daughters. The current prince Zhao Yuanzuo was her biological son. Mother is more valuable than son, and Concubine Xian was in the palace.

Her status is second only to the queen.

After hearing about the prince's ridiculous behavior, Queen Li was very displeased. Concubine Li Xian was very frightened and wanted to dissuade the prince. The queen had nothing to do, so she came hand in hand with her. As soon as they arrived at Tianlao, they caught up with Bi Sujue.

Holding the prince's throat, the guards in the palace, who were surrounded by a forest of spears and halberds, looked around and walked out of the prison step by step.

Bisu thought that the prince's life was in danger and wanted to leave the prison. The Imperial Guards did not dare to let him go, but they were even more afraid that he would jump over the wall and hurt the prince, so he insisted on getting out of the prison step by step. Faced with this situation, Chu Yunxiu

, so anxious that I almost fainted.

If he doesn't let Bisu go, what scruples does he, a common man, have? If he really kills the prince, even if he is cut into a pulp, his own nine tribes will be killed. But if he is let go, what will happen? This prince

The convict had seriously injured the emperor and the prince. If he were to take the prince as a hostage, and then kill the prince as soon as he escaped from Bianliang City, wouldn't it be a vain attempt?

Chu Yunxiu was in a dilemma. He couldn't let him go, and he couldn't let him go. Seeing Bi Su's eyes glaring fiercely, he was afraid that he would risk everything and kill the prince, but he let him go but didn't know if he could keep his promise and let the prince back. He was in a hurry.

When I was sweating profusely, the Queen and the Concubine Xian arrived.

Seeing such a scene, the empress and concubine were all shocked. One of them was the queen and the other was the biological mother of the prince. They were asked to make the decision to let Bi Su leave. They still did it, but Bi Su could not leave.

Sheng Cijia clearly had a big feud with the royal family of Zhao and Song Dynasties. Who knew that once he escaped from Bianliang, he wouldn't kill the prince? Once the prince died...

Not to mention that Empress Li was frightened, Concubine Li Xian was so heart-to-heart with her son that she burst into tears. In desperation, Concubine Li Xian offered to replace the prince as a hostage to ensure that he left Bianliang safely.

Bisu really wanted to use the prince as a hostage to escape from Bianliang. Once he got out, he would not let the prince go and would definitely kill him. However, Empress Li and the people of the Song Dynasty obviously also thought of this, so that

Tan Bu Nuo came. Bi Su was helpless. He had planned to kill the prince and earn back some money, but Concubine Li Xian proposed this compromise.

The person Bisu wanted to kill the most was actually Zhao Guangyi. Seeing that Concubine Li Xian proposed this method, she was the biological mother of the prince, and with her status, she could guarantee his own safety, so he agreed, but immediately refused and refused to let his mother take over.

Zhao Yuanzuo, his son, took Concubine Li Xian as a hostage and left Bianliang City in a big way.

Seeing that they were seven or eight miles away from the city, and the official road behind them was deserted, and as expected there was not a single person in sight, Bisu suddenly shouted: "Get off your horse!"

Concubine Li Xian was stunned, but knowing that she was in the hands of strong thieves, she did not dare to disobey. She got off the royal horse obediently. Bi Su took the reins of the horse and tied it to the saddle beam of her own horse. She stared at Concubine Li Xian coldly and said, "You...

...You are a good mother, I will not kill you, but...you, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, have a blood feud with me, but as long as I have the breath, I will kill Zhao Jiong!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and whipped his hand, and then he and his two horses drove away, leaving Concubine Li Xian alone on the road.

"Mother, mother..."

I don't know when, the people from the Imperial City Department had the courage to sneak up and saw Concubine Li Xian walking alone on the road. They quickly sent someone to report to the Queen and the Prince who were walking on the road behind them, and hurriedly rushed to protect her.

When Zhao Yuanzuo saw that the imperial convict kept his promise and had no trouble for his mother, who was a woman, his heart immediately dropped and he burst into tears and came forward to greet her.

Concubine Li Xian waited quietly for him to arrive in front of her, then suddenly raised her hand and slapped Zhao Yuanzuo in the face. This slap stunned Zhao Yuanzuo, and everyone around him was also stunned.
To be continued...