Li Ningming finally accepted his fate, today's battle has been lost, and if he continues to entangle, it will be a dead end, and there are only 800 cavalry left in the 3,000 iron cavalry, plus 900 horseless cavalry, more than 2,200 war horses have been lost, plus 1,300 soldiers' lives, and the result is still empty-handed.

At this time, he has no reason to continue fighting, he can't think of any way to break through the opponent's defense, although the outcome after the fiasco is unimaginable, but it is much better than dying here, even if the Song army in the nearby state capital is blind and deaf, they should know that a big battle is happening here, once they come, they will be wiped out.

"Retire! Hurry back. Li Ningming ordered dejectedly.

The remaining 800 cavalry listened to the sound of heaven and gave an order, and immediately turned their horses' heads and ran out of the eagle's beak cliff, and more than 900 Western Xia cavalrymen who had lost their horses wanted to cry without tears, did they have to run back on two legs? But what if you don't run?

Fortunately, the road at the mouth of the cliff has not been blocked, more than a dozen horsemen can still pass through, the Song army on the cliff began to throw stones down again, but no one cared about him, all the people were busy running out, leaving this place of death as soon as possible is their greatest wish, the Western Xia soldiers with bows and arrows on their backs also had no time to release arrows to the Song army who were unscrupulously leaning on the cliff, and the people who were hit by the flying stones were also ignored by the people around them, and some infantry had begun to secretly and coldly pull down the soldiers on horses to snatch the horses; At this time, having a four-legged horse is equivalent to one more life.

The Song army cheered, Di Qing shook his tall fingers towards Su Jin, and said in a loud voice: "Master Su, this battle was fought beautifully, and it showed the majesty of my Great Song Dynasty, and I admire it humbly." ”

Su Jin was drenched in sweat, and said as calmly as possible: "What about the reinforcements?" What about Fan Gong? It's been two hours yet, and these guys are going to run. ”

Di Qing spread his hands, Su Jin was extremely helpless, but watching the other party flee, he was really unhappy, paying such a big price, if he still let most of the other party escape, this would be a lost battle.

"Attack with all your forces, pursue and crush the enemy army, be sure to capture and kill the enemy chieftain, and do not slack off."

Everyone agreed in unison, and the dynasty Ma Han, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and others each led a hundred horse troops to gallop to chase and kill, and Su Jin and Di Qing also followed with a hundred horse troops.

As for the cavalry in Western Xia who had become infantry, they had no fighting spirit at this moment, and were chased by Wang Lang and Wu Hengxin with the infantry all the way, killing more than 300 people, and all the rest surrendered.

Li Ningming panicked, and originally calculated to avoid the enemy's north or the army coming to help, and turn to the north from the Qinfeng Road in the east to flee for his life, but at this time, he couldn't take a lot of care, which road to the Xia Kingdom would be the closest to go, and returning to the territory of Western Xia as soon as possible would save his life, and he didn't care whether he would encounter the enemy army.

After escaping more than 50 miles, Li Ningming was horrified to see the dusty war horses neighing on the official road opposite, a group of men and horses blocking their heads, and the big words 'Song' and 'Fan' on several banners made Li Ningming's heart and gall crack; looking back at the hundreds of Song troops behind him who were chasing and approaching, and there was no way to escape in front, Li Ningming wanted to cry without tears.

"Heaven will kill me, General Yeli, General Wuzang, you two will take the men and horses to fight a bloody way back to the camp, even if it is good to go back to a soldier and a pawn."

"Your Highness, what are you going to do?"

"I have no shame to see my father, if the two generals can return to Great Xia alive, but please play it truthfully, I will say that I, Li Ning Mingning, would rather die unyieldingly, although the army was defeated, but I will never bow to the Song people, and I will not insult the face of my Great Xia Kingdom."

Li Ningming said, suddenly turned the horse's head and galloped towards the pursuit team of Su Jin and others, holding a treasure knife that had not been stained with blood from beginning to end, and there was a roaring sound in his mouth.

Yeli Xianzong and Wu Zangming exclaimed in unison, Li Ningming is begging for death, he is dead, how can these people escape alive? Even if you escape, how can you escape death? The two glanced at each other, and both saw the despair in each other's eyes.

"General Yeli, you and I have reached the limit, and we have been on the battlefield for more than ten years, how can we be a lost dog today, is it not as good as Li Ningming, a child?"

"General Wuzang, you're right, how can the warriors of my party steal their lives, let's also rush to kill, kill one and count one; His Royal Highness the Crown Prince chose to turn back and fight to the death, I am afraid that I want to see who our extremely cunning opponent is, and I also want to see him, so let's go and meet this person too. ”

Wu Zangming smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, I don't know who I planted in after a long day of fighting." After that, he raised the scimitar in his hand and shouted at the uneasy soldiers around him: "Sons, today is no luck, don't hold on to the hope of escape, think that we are all the elite of the Great Xia army, which does not have the blood of the Song people at hand, even if we die here today, we will not suffer a loss, instead of being chased to death, it is better to turn around and fight to the death, and also end up with a beginning and an end; Come with me, kill one by one, don't let the Song people underestimate us. ”

didn't hide the Ming and pat the horse's buttocks with the side of the scimitar, and the horse galloped out and chased Li Ningming in front; Yeli Xianzong also turned his horse to follow, and the Western Xia soldiers hesitated, and more than 100 people galloped away behind the two generals, while the remaining more than 600 people did not move.

"I am the only son in the family, my parents, wife and children are looking forward to me going back, if it were not for the emperor's forced conscription, at this moment I am grazing cattle and sheep on the grassland, accompanying my parents, wife and children to share the joy of family, as soon as I die, there will be no hope in the family, I can't die." A party cavalryman spoke out everyone's thoughts.

"Yes, we have done our best, and we are already worthy of the Great Xia Emperor when we fight to this extent, and I don't want to lose my life in vain."

"That's right! Originally, this trip should not have come at all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was in a hurry to make meritorious contributions, and forcibly brought us to death, and it was they who should be damned, not us. ”

The gossip of the people, gradually from the whispered discussion to the bold appeal, from the suppressed obedience to the outbreak of dissatisfaction, the Western Xia every year of the war, Yuan Hao is very happy, in order to make up for the lack of troops, forcibly recruit all the Western Xia men to enlist, men between the ages of fifteen and sixty are unconditionally conscripted, with the continuous war, the need for troops is getting bigger and bigger, gradually no cattle and sheep grazing, no one cultivates the fields, men die on the front, their wives and children and parents will also be reduced to the name of extreme poverty, and the hateful is the bureaucrats in the rear, wantonly collects military supplies to fill the people's pockets, and from Li Yuanhao onwards, they all like to occupy other people's wives and daughters for fun, and they have long complained about their upward and downward effects.

Since the beginning of this year, there has been a large-scale famine in the Western Xia, when the two countries were not at war, they all set up fields along the border, and the party people exchanged the green and white salt and livestock products produced in the territory for the grain, tea and other handicraft products of the Song Dynasty, which were the daily necessities of the people of the Xia Kingdom.

Now, the two countries are at war, the Song Dynasty naturally implements an economic blockade policy on the Western Xia, in the past, when the Western Xia was a vassal to the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty also gave the "annual gift" of silver 10,000 taels, 10,000 horses of silk, and 20,000 pieces of money every year, but now not only the year is gone, the field along the border has long been closed, the Great Song Dynasty prohibits the entry of green and white salt, prohibits bilateral trade, severely cracks down on smugglers, and gives repeated blows to the domestic economy of the Western Xia.

In the war between the two countries, although on the surface it seems that the Xia State has won more victories, but its country is actually already full of ups and downs, if it were not for this, how could Li Ningming enter the country and plunder for the sake of this batch of materials, it is the result of Li Yuanhao's policy of reducing military supplies and advocating looting and plundering by war.

The more the soldiers talked, the more excited they became, and suddenly someone threw the scimitar in his hand on the ground, took off all the armor on his body, took off his helmet, and galloped towards the Song army brigade blocking in front of him with his bare head and raised his hands, which was about to surrender on his own initiative.

This reminded the soldiers that the Song people were notoriously merciful, and according to the party captives who were released, after being captured by the Song people, as long as they praised the benefits of the Great Song Emperor every day, they did as they were told, and they were careful to act, and they were rarely whipped except for some labor, and if they promised not to join the army after returning home, the Song army would release them and go home after a period of enslavement; Surrender is the best option at this time, and as for what happens in the future, let's save my life first.

More than 600 soldiers threw away their blades and armor, raised their hands and surrendered automatically, and Fan Zhongyan, who was late, originally ordered his subordinates to prepare for a death battle, but unexpectedly picked up a big cooking cake as soon as he came, and naturally accepted it unceremoniously.

Yeli Xianzong and Wu Zangming led more than a hundred people to catch up with Li Ningming, Li Ningming looked at the few hundred people behind them, and said in amazement: "What about the others? ”

Yeli Xianzong looked back and was silent.

Li Ningming's teeth rattled, and the muscles on his face were tangled. finally sighed and said: "It's okay, it's a certain death, so why give up your lives in vain, the two generals also surrendered." ”

Yeli Xianzong said in a deep voice: "Why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say this, how can the last general be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and the last general will be one step ahead." ”

Yeli Xianzong rushed out with his horse, and Su Jin and the others on the opposite side had already stopped their horses and lined up when Li Ningming was coming, facing the western thieves who still had 800 cavalry, Su Jin, who only had 500 horse troops, naturally did not dare to take it lightly, Fan Zhongyan's army in front had arrived, and he couldn't fight to the death with this gang of eager eyes.

But he didn't expect that only more than 100 people from the other party came, and the rest also surrendered to the friendly forces on the opposite side, and Su Jin naturally ignored these more than 100 people.

Yeli Xianzong Pegasus rushed over, Su Jin shook his head and said, "Who went to kill him, this is a general." ”

Before the words fell, Zhao Hu had already slapped the horse and ran out, and the angry Ma Han scolded his mother, straightening his neck and shouting: "If you can't take more than three moves, you will give your brother back." ”

Zhao Hu didn't hear it, and rushed towards Yeli Xianzong, Yeli Xianzong's weapon was a big iron gun, at this time he had nothing else to think about, just like killing a few Song soldiers on his back, seeing Zhao Hu come to the front and not answering the spear and stabbing at the side, Zhao Hu's body twisted, and the big gun slid past him.

"First move!" Mahan shouted at the top of his voice.

Yeli Xianzong turned the thorn into a sweep, and the big gun swept towards Zhao Hu's waist, Zhao Hu jumped up with his feet off the pedal, and the big gun swept into the air against the horse's back.

"The second move." Mahan said again.

"How do you count this, Zhao Hu didn't make one move, and it will become two moves for you." Zhang Long muttered.

"I don't care, other people's moves also count." Mahan looked like a scoundrel.

Zhao Hu waited for the big gun to sweep over the horse's back, stretched out his hand to support the horse's back, at this time the two horses had staggered to the nearest distance, with the power of a support, both feet flew out, right in the middle of the wild Li Xianzong's chest, a strong force Ye Li Xianzong hit the back of the flying horse and fell to the ground.

In the exclamation of the soldiers of the two armies, Zhao Hu jumped down, and then waved the Pu knife in his hand and slashed it violently, a stream of blood shot out, Yeli Xianzong's head left the body, Zhao Hu reached out and grabbed a few small pigtails on the bald side, turned over the horse cleanly, turned the horse's head and returned to the team.

The soldiers of the Song army were like thunder, and even Di Qing, who was superb in martial arts, nodded again and again, although it could be seen that Zhao Hu was still not used to horse fighting, and the kung fu at hand was still a fighting martial art on the ground, but it did not prevent him from learning and using it, and he would knock the enemy general off his horse with one move.