"Hmph, it's all gone. Bayi[〈Chinese〈 ]]>." Gondon Nori stamped his feet in the horseshoe with hatred. Angry, he waved a big knife and cut a small tree on the side of the road into two with a "click".

This is the third village they have searched today, but they still found nothing. The whole village was empty, not only were all the people gone, not even a single animal was left. It seems that this trip to cross the river and plunder is going to be in vain again. If it weren't for the strict order of the commander Wei Mingjizhong, prohibiting the Western Xia army from crossing the Yellow River into the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty for thirty miles, Yeli Gangxian really wanted to lead the army to the edge of Lanzhou City to plunder.

But just going back empty-handed, Yeli Gangxian was not reconciled, and after thinking about it, he immediately sent a few spies to explore outside to see if there were any villages nearby. Then he ordered the rest of the Western Xia army to rest on the spot.

Naturally, after the Western Xia began to plunder the border of the Southern Song Dynasty, they made great gains in the first ten days, and the Western Xia armies that crossed the river grabbed a lot of things, and also captured many people of the Southern Song Dynasty.

It's just that since then, the Southern Song Dynasty has also learned to be obedient, and all the residents within forty miles along the Yellow River have moved into the city, and then set up beacon towers along the Yellow River, and set fire to light cigarettes when they see the Western Xia army. The Song army, who was hiding in the city, immediately put the people around the city into the city, and then pulled the suspension bridge high and closed the city gate. Moreover, after the Western Xia army crossed the river in the past, the Song army would send troops to meet the battle, but now they simply didn't even come out, so they hid in the city and didn't come out. So that many Western Xia troops returned in vain.

The Western Xia army was all cavalry, although it came and went quickly, but it was helpless for the city wall, so it could only look at the city and sigh. During this time, Yeli Gangxian led his army across the Yellow River to plunder for the second time, but he did not grab anything. This time, the Book of Songs is the third time.

Nori Gangxian sat on a large bluestone, eating the dry food he carried with him, and cursed in his heart that the coach Wei Ming Jizhong was as cowardly as a mouse. Now that the Song army is all hiding in the city and not coming out, what else is there to be afraid of, why don't you hurry up and send a large army to cross the Yellow River and seize the city of the Southern Song Dynasty. If you can capture big cities like Lanzhou and Hezhou, then you can make a lot of money, which is better than robbing a hundred villages.

Just then the sound of horses' hooves came from outside the village, and the spies sent out to inquire returned. A spy came to Yeli Gangxian and said, "General, twenty miles to the southeast, there is a village, and we saw the smoke rising outside the village, and we thought it must be inhabited. For fear of alarming them, we did not come any closer. ”

When Yeli Gangxian heard this, he immediately jumped up and laughed: "Okay, it's really not easy, I finally found a village where people live." This is not in vain. The order went down, and they had enough rest and were ready to go out. ”

This lieutenant general Li Wei persuaded on the side: "General, twenty miles to the southeast has passed through the thirty-mile range of crossing the river stipulated by the famous Linggong, but I am afraid of disobeying the military order of the Linggong." And if we meet the Song army, we will go deep into the Song realm, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to retreat. ”

Yeli Gangxian glanced at Li Wei and said disdainfully: "Li Wei, how can you be less daring than a rabbit." Let's not talk about it, how can Wei Minglinggong know how many miles we have crossed the river? Besides, it's not easy for us to cross the river, if we don't bring something back, it's hard to run in vain, and the soles of our shoes are worn out. You say no. ”

The person who came out was willing to run this trip in vain, who didn't want to grab something and go back. Therefore, when Noli Gangxian said this, several deputy generals and partial generals around him burst into laughter.

Someone said: "That's it, the Song army was frightened by us, and now they are hiding in the city and don't dare to come out, what is there to be afraid of." ”

"We are all cavalry, even if we see the Song army, just turn around and run, what if the Song army can catch up with us?"

"If everyone else goes back empty-handed on this trip, only we are fully loaded, and we can also show our majesty in front of others."

In the laughter of everyone, the Western Xia army got on their horses one after another, and Yeli Gangxian ignored Li Wei and went out as a team.

This Western Xia army had more than 3,000 men, and it was true that all of them were cavalry, and they were all well rested at this time, so the twenty-mile journey was only a quarter of an hour. Seeing that a village appeared in front of me, it gradually became clearer, and the villages overlapped, and only the smoke curled up; Between the fields, you can see chickens and dogs smelling each other. Sure enough, it looks like it's inhabited.

Yeli Gangxian couldn't help but be overjoyed, raised the big knife in his hand, and laughed: "Brothers, rush in and grab it." Grab food, grab women, whoever grabs it will get it. ”

In front of the eyes of the other Western Xia cavalry, there seemed to be countless cattle, sheep, grain, and women. Suddenly, everyone rushed bravely, one by one, and rushed to the village along the avenue at the entrance of the village.

In the blink of an eye, all the Western Xia troops entered the village, but except for a few chickens and dogs, there was no one. Yeli Gangxian couldn't help but have doubts, and was about to stop the horse to see what was going on, when suddenly he only heard the sound of "plop, plop", and more than ten war horses that rushed to the front screamed, fell suddenly, and fell off the riding soil on his back. It turned out that several large pits had already been dug on the ground, and several knights in front of them had fallen into the deep pits.

Yeli Gangxian couldn't help but be stunned, hurriedly reined in his horse, and said loudly: "Stop, stop advancing." ”

But for a while, they could stop there, and some of the cavalry heard the Dule horse stop, but those who did not hear it continued to advance, colliding with each other, and the ranks immediately became a little confused. And a few more riders couldn't stop and fell into the pit.

At this moment, the sharp sound of "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" broke the sky came, and I saw countless Song soldiers appearing from the rooftops on both sides, holding bows and arrows and shooting at the Western Xia army.

Because the distance is very close, and the Western Xia army is densely packed into a group, so the Song army is almost without arrows, and suddenly countless Western Xia soldiers were shot off the horse, and the other soldiers were at a loss, and the Song army was on the roof, and the Western Xia army could not reach it, so they had to run around in the village, looking for a place to hide the arrows, and the people and horses immediately became a mess.

Yeli Gangxian was also hit by two arrows, but fortunately, he had heavy armor to protect himself, and his injuries were not serious. In a hurry, he shouted on his horse, "Shoot with arrows, we can shoot arrows too." ”

At this time, some Western Xia soldiers also came over in vain, hurriedly jumped off their horses, found a place to hide, and then also returned fire with bows and arrows. But then countless Song soldiers were killed from the houses in the village, each with a sword and a spear to kill the Western Xia army. At this time, the Western Xia army had already been in disarray, and in the narrow area of the village, riding on horses became a burden, so many soldiers were suddenly knocked off their horses.

Although some of the Western Xia soldiers dismounted to fight, but after all, they were all cavalry, and they usually received cavalry training, and they were not good at fighting on foot, and the weapons were not competent, while the Song army was a regular infantry, and the combat ability of the two sides was very different, and the Song soldiers also had the support of archers on the roof.

As soon as Yeli Gangxian saw it, he understood that the Song army was obviously prepared and knew that the general trend was coming. Fortunately, at this time, the Western Xia army suffered nearly half of the casualties, and the crowded attitude eased a little. Yeli Gangxian yelled, "Follow me and kill it." "Successively slashed several Song soldiers with a knife, and then took the lead and rushed out along the road into the village to kill. When the other Western Xia soldiers around him saw it, they all urged their war horses and rushed out with him.

Yeli Gangxian is also a number of fierce generals of the Western Xia Army, and the big sword in his hand runs like the wind, whether it is a Song soldier or a Western Xia soldier, as long as it is in front of him, he is unceremonious, and he is repeatedly killed. In this way, Yeli Gangxian rushed desperately for a while, and no one could stop him. Seeing that he was coming fiercely, the Song soldiers did not dare to plunder his edge, and retreated to both sides, and constantly attacked the flanks of the Western Xia army. The archers on the roofs on both sides also fired their bows and arrows, and also shot and killed many Western Xia soldiers.

But Yeli Gangxian was heavily armored, although he was hit by a few arrows, after all, he was not injured and moved, and now it is a life-and-death situation, and he gritted his teeth and endured the pain to the death, although the Western Xia army suffered heavy casualties, but in the end it still made Yeli Gangxian rush out of a bloody road, and finally killed the remaining seven or eight hundred remnants of the defeated general to the entrance of the village.

Just as Yeli Gangxian breathed a sigh of relief, he saw the hooves of the horses in front of him, and another group of cavalry stopped the way in the village. For the sake of the Song general, he said sharply: "Go there and leave your life behind." ”

Yeli Gangxian looked up and saw that this Song general was twenty-seven or eighteen years old, wearing fish scale armor, riding a yellow horse, and holding a long-handled broadsword in his hand. The big banner behind it is written with the word "Yang". He was followed by about 2,000 Song troops, all cavalry.

This Song general was none other than Yang Changpeng, and after the Western Xia disturbed the border, he led the army to attack several times, hoping to fight the Western Xia army. However, as soon as the Western Xia army was a large group of Song troops, they immediately retreated and did not engage the Song army, so that Yang Changpeng was helpless. Later, he listened to Yang Yan's advice, and used the strategy of Biye Chunjian to move all the people along the Yellow River into the city, and then concentrated his forces to encircle and annihilate a Western Xia army.

And Yang Changpeng also thought of a plan. A few villages were selected outside the city and the Song army was ambushed, but they deliberately pretended to be inhabited as bait to attract the Western Xia army. And he and Zhou Hongming each led half of the cavalry, patrolling back and forth between these villages, and once the Western Xia army came, they could support at any time.

Sure enough, today Yeli Gangxian was fooled and led the army into the village, but he was ambushed by the Song army and was defeated. It was not easy to break out of the encirclement, but Yang Changpeng arrived with a cavalry army.

Yeli Gangxian saw it, and he also knew that he would die today. Because their own side now thinks that they are sleepy and lacking horses, but the Song army is waiting for work, and this Song army is also all cavalry, and the number of people is more than their own, so they must not be able to fight, and they may not be able to escape. But at this point, there is no other way to think but to work hard. Bet your luck.

Therefore, Yeli Gangxian roared, urged the horse to wheel the knife, and went straight to Yang Changpeng. The other Western Xia cavalry also urged their horses and came up desperately.

Yang Changpeng also did not show weakness, urging the horse to meet Yeli Gangxian, and also took turns to cut off the big knife in his hand.

With the sound of "dang", the two knives intersected, and Yeli Gangxian only felt that his arms were numb and the tiger's head was about to split. The arrow wounds on his body also began to grow. Knowing that the opponent is a fierce opponent, even if he is full of physical strength, he dare not win lightly. What's more, now is after the battle, Yijing is not half of his usual state, and he is not an opponent with Ben.

In fact, Yang Changpeng is also a young general with both wisdom and bravery, and when he was on the Northern Expedition of the main road, he and Bi Zaiyu acted as Yu Gongliang's right and left hands. Later, he was stationed in the northwest with his father for many years, and when the Jin army invaded the south, he went east with the Sichuan army to fight in Sichuan, and also made a lot of military achievements. At the age of twenty-eight, it is very rare to be able to take charge of the capital by being promoted to the capital system. It's just because Yang Yan's light is too dazzling that it is obviously not noticeable, and it doesn't seem to be as good as the generals around Yang Yan. In fact, Yang Changpeng is not inferior to Cao Xun, Gao Zhen and others in terms of ability and performance.

And his knife technique is also the "bloody battle knife technique" passed down by Yang Yizhong. The long-handled broadsword is the treasure knife used by Yang Yizhong in the vertical and horizontal places back then. Fighting with Yeli Gangxian, he made a long knife like a match, and he moved forward bravely, making a move to attack. only killed Yeli Gangxian, and he couldn't resist it. But he still gritted his teeth and was not supported by force.

However, at this time, the Western Xia army could not support it, because the Song army in the village also killed the Western Xia army from behind. After two attacks, the Western Xia army naturally couldn't resist, many people were knocked off their horses, and some people saw that the situation was not good, so they immediately threw down their weapons and raised their hands to surrender.

Yeli Gangxian was already a trapped beast at this time, raising his knife to chop and chop, and he didn't parry, all of them were deadly fights. But in the end, because he is too far away from Yang Changpeng now, although Yang Changpeng is forced to retreat again and again, he can't hurt him a point.

After slashing for a while, Gunken Nori only felt a dull chest, knowing that he had used too much force to continue. At this time, the knives of the two struck each other again, and this time Nori Gangxian could no longer hold the big knife and flew away. Yang Changpeng followed with a knife and slashed, just on the back of Yeli Gangxian, although he did not split the heavy armor, but Yeli Gangxian suffered this heavy blow, and he couldn't stand it, and immediately spurted out a mouthful of blood, and cut down from the warhorse, unconscious.

Seeing that the main general was killed, the remaining Western Xia soldiers had no intention of fighting to continue fighting, and raised their hands to surrender. Except for those killed in battle, only a few of the 3,000 men escaped, and the rest were all captured by the Song army. In this battle, the Song army can be regarded as a complete victory.

Yang Changpeng immediately ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, escort the prisoners, and collect some loot. Then he looked to the east and silently said in his heart: "Zihao, I hope this big victory can help you in your current situation." ”