388 Death is a matter of face
Since the day he played out, he has been a representative of rebellion, and there is nothing he has done that is not deviant. This time the military rations were robbed, and there was no reason why the emperor would not know. There are spies from the Imperial City Division by his side, why doesn't Li Xian have them by his side?
I wonder if the emperor is waiting to see his reaction now, and what kind of reaction is in line with his usual style should be what kind of reaction, so that the emperor can feel at ease.
As for the consequences, they are not within their control. With Li Xian's personality and identity, his contribution this time is a bit big, and he crippled the Western Xia for the first time, which is called peace talks, but it is actually praying for peace. It should be said that it is not too much to help the emperor beat him, and with this kind of mistake, the emperor can take it away.
In addition, Li Xian may not have completely acted in accordance with the emperor's will in this operation to support Liangzhou, and it cannot be said that he has colluded with the courtiers, but he is no longer dedicated to doing things for the emperor, and the emperor may be looking for his handle everywhere.
A eunuch who is not completely obedient cannot be tolerated, and it is even more taboo to make eye contact with courtiers. In fact, what the emperor needs is a direct minister like himself who does not care about his own safety at all, and he is the only one, there is no competition!
The 3,000 new troops galloped along the post road and saw Jisang City in half a day. Hong Tao did not stop with a thousand new troops, but bypassed the city and went straight to the dock, without saying a word, a thunderbolt dispersed the defenders, which was considered to be the only way for Li Zhong to retreat.
Don't look at what Hong Tao said viciously, in fact, he still showed mercy, and only used grenades against those forbidden troops on Xihe Road, and did not use siege crossbows and oil canisters to greet them. There is nothing wrong with these soldiers, and they can't resist the choice of the generals, and if they can die one less, they will die one less.
Of course, the thunderbolt is not a thunderbolt, and it really makes the shrapnel explode to the point that it still kills Huangquan. For these people, Hong Tao could only silently say sorry in his heart, it was very unrealistic to capture Li Zhong alive without being killed or injured, and he could not embarrass the soldiers of the New Army because he was afraid of accidental injury.
In the face of the sudden attack, the defenders of Jisang City were very confused, why did the other party open fire on their own family even though it was the Song army? Their reaction was very fast, and as soon as they saw that the field battle would suffer, they immediately retreated back into the city, closed the gate and closed the drawbridge, and went to inform Li Zhong while defending.
"Below...... Lose your marbles! Lose your marbles! The king of the horses wants to rebel and defend the city! Defend the city! "There is no need to report Li Zhong to know that the explosions coming from outside can only be an army, the Huangzhou New Army.
To be honest, he really didn't expect the new army to come so quickly, let alone a big fight as soon as he saw it. is also true, he is really not afraid, and he doesn't think that the new army of Huangzhou will really attack Jisang City, which is too unbelievable.
So he didn't even wear a helmet, but went up to the city with only armor. I wanted to humiliate the colt a few more words, but as soon as I opened my mouth, there was a dull bowstring sound below.
Worthy of being a battle-hardened general, Li Zhong almost used his instinctive reaction to control his body and fall down, and then he was splashed with blood all over his face.
The two lieutenants standing behind him were already gone, and they were directly pushed down the city wall by the huge inertia of the siege crossbow. If he hadn't dodged quickly, he would probably be spurting blood under the city walls by now.
At this time, Li Zhong was a little afraid, thinking about the tens of thousands of Western Xia elites in Liangzhou City, and he only had 5,000 forbidden troops in his hands, could he really hold it? But whether you can hold it or not, the Lord will not panic first.
"The defenders of Jisang City listened, this official is the pacification envoy of Huangzhou Jingluo, the prince Shaobao, and the commander of the horse Wang Xu. It was found out that Li Zhong, the defender of Jisang City, had bad intentions and robbed the new army of rations with the intention of financing the enemy. Hand over Li Zhongjie to the Beijing Division and hand over to the Privy Council and Dali Temple to ask for guilt, others can be exempted from capital crimes, if you are obsessed and do not realize Hugh blame the official for being ruthless, all the stubborn people are rebellious, and there is no forgiveness for killing! ”
The siege crossbow only fired a wave, and seeing that there was no figure on the city, there was a shout under the city again, and the shouting was quite neat, but the content was not very good.
"Hugh listens to their nonsense to disturb the hearts of our army, release arrows! Shoot the arrows! Li Zhong was a little weak at this time, the big hat of the colt was to be deducted to death, and the identity of the colt added a lot of credibility to this statement.
On the issue of rebellion, other dynasties are not clear, and the possibility of the Song Dynasty's relatives is extremely small. And he did rob the military rations of friendly troops, which is really unreasonable.
The Huangzhou Army has never been under the jurisdiction of any way, it is a special zone, which is clearly explained in the holy decree, and even the Privy Council does not have direct command, and any disposition must be ordered by the emperor himself.
But you can't just admit your guilt, whether you have offended your father-in-law or not, you have to let the Privy Council decide at the very least, and it's really not a colt to interfere.
"My lord, the bow and arrow must not hurt ......," the order to release the arrow was shouted twice, but not a single arrow was fired from the city. There are still two of the four lieutenant generals left, and they resolutely dare not stand in a straight line with Li Zhong again. It was one of them who spoke, and he was more bold, and he looked out of the city, and his face was embarrassed.
“…… I'm mad at me! Beat the drums, and the officer personally led the horse team to level them! Li Zhong also looked at it when he heard this, and his face was even more ugly than just now.
The adjutant general is right, who to shoot? The nearest siege crossbow to the city was still two hundred paces away, and there was no bed crossbow in Jisang City. There were also siege crossbows in the intercepted convoy, but no one could use them, and they couldn't even be assembled after tossing and turning for days.
"My lord, don't, you have forgotten the corpses of those Tanguts in the river bay, tens of thousands of regular soldiers died at the hands of this new army of horses, they are probably better at field warfare."
Out of town with cavalry! The other lieutenant was immediately unhappy. The main general will go out of the city, and the deputy general must also follow, and it is not in vain not to think about his own life for others.
What is the combat effectiveness of the new army in Huangzhou, how many points are in everyone's hearts, and tens of thousands of Western Xia main forces can completely annihilate each other, are these thousands of Song Dynasty forbidden troops really stronger than tens of thousands of Western Xia elites? No way.
“…… Shall they not be allowed to show off their might in front of the city? "What the adjutant general said is very right, even if Li Zhong is not willing to listen, he can only endure it, but he can't not say a word.
It is estimated that now he has regretted his impulsive act a few days ago, and originally wanted to take the opportunity to humiliate and humiliate the horse, but he didn't expect that this horse was really not a thing, and he actually came desperately for a few carts of grain and grass.
“…… The last general thought that ......" The lieutenant general seemed to have made a decision, but it was not easy to say.
"But it doesn't hurt to say it!" Li Zhong had already guessed what the deputy general was going to say, this kind of thing that others could say and do, but he couldn't say and do it himself.
"It's better to return the vehicle to them, and the last general is willing to handle this matter on behalf of the adults!" The adjutant general gritted his teeth, he couldn't avoid this matter today, and if no one came out, they had to wait for death together. He was also promoted by Li Xian, and he had to stand up when it was time to work hard.
“…… Let's just say that the official occasionally feels cold and is not suitable to see guests, so quickly send them away! Li Zhong's teeth were about to be crushed, and he didn't dare to abandon this step. The method that the adjutant general said may be the most reliable at present, there is still a chance to make up for it after losing face, and if he loses his life, he will have nothing.
Li Zhong still thought about things simply, or he didn't understand the behavior of the horse Wang Shu after being kicked in the head by the horse. The lieutenant general took a few people out of the city to negotiate, but the result was that even the men and horses were shot, and the forbidden army on Xihe Road in the city was silent.
They had never seen such an unreasonable army, and even the unclothed Tibetans had a chance to negotiate peace, but these new troops in strange armor blatantly shot the envoy to death.
"Three quarters of an hour, Lord Shuai Si has an order, after three quarters of an hour, you won't see Li Zhong, all the people in the city are rebellious, and no one will be left!" Before everyone could recover from the death of the lieutenant, there were unified shouts from the city.
"Come on, beat the drums, and the whole army will go out of the city!" Li Zhongzhen couldn't hide, the muscles on his face tensed one by one, and the eyes of people were vicious. He was deeply afraid that if he continued like this, he would be tied up by the leader next to him, so not only would his life be difficult to protect, but he would also have to be infamous after he died.
"Burn all these ships, let's go to the south gate!" In fact, Hong Tao was not outside the main gate, and the commander there was Wang Da. When he heard the sound of drums in the city, he did not hide, and the great battle was inevitable, and his efforts to avoid fratricidal fighting failed.