Chapter 1,269 Great Victory

When Zhong'e came back with his army, Guo Erdan and Fifth Uncle were busy dismantling the armor of Damushiluo and Lianhua Slave.

Zhong E rode over and saw the scars in Damusiro's eyes and the long arrow thrown aside. He glanced at the crowd and asked Guo Erdan, "Did you kill him?"

Guo Erdan saw that Zhonge was an extraordinary person, so he muttered and did not dare to speak.

A young man on the side said: "This is Lieutenant Zhong, please answer me honestly."

"Yes...it's me..." Guo Erdan could only nod.

A smile appeared on Zhong E's face: "His archery skills are pretty good."

After saying that, he looked at Lotus Slave again: "It's a pity that a good horse has been lost."

The fifth uncle was so blessed that he handed Damushiluo's Qingfeng sword to the horse: "The great victory of the Taiwei! The common people present this sword to congratulate!"

Zhong E reached out to take the sword, took it out and looked up and down: "This sword is a forged Qingfeng sword from Xixia. It is made of Uzi iron material. It is indeed good. It is worth thirty or fifty swords."

After saying that, he returned the sword to its sheath and threw it to Guo Erdan: "I reward you, are you interested in becoming my personal soldier?"

"Yes!" Guo Erdan blurted out, and then glanced at Uncle Wu timidly: "That's it... I just want to tell my father in advance..."

Uncle Wu flew up and kicked him: "How dare you be so disrespectful when the Lieutenant promotes you! The soldiers are here! I'll just tell Li Zheng when I get back..."

After saying that, he flattered Zhong E: "We are from Guojiabao, Yichuan, Yan'an Prefecture. It's rare that Erdan can catch the eye of the Taiwei, and we will follow him to eat food from now on!"

"Okay, Guojiabao, I remember it." Zhong'e praised Uncle Wu's wisdom: "If you kill an iron kite, you can receive a reward of ten guan, and a steel armor of 50 guan, with six styles complete.

His vest has a weight of seventy quills, as well as saddles, weapons, bows and arrows. They are all valuable. Go and join the army to receive the reward."

Several villagers were overjoyed and bowed repeatedly.

Guo Erdan suddenly thought of a question: "Tai... Taiwei, would you like to join the army to get tattoos?"

Zhong E said: "What kind of tattoos are there for those who surrender to the army now? All the nobles and nobles are in the process of eliminating them. I don't want to do it if I am incompetent. Wait, you have reminded me..."

He turned to Tong Guan and said: "Supervisor, how about stabbing those Xia prisoners who have taken refuge?"

Tong Guan nodded: "What a great idea, just cast it in Chinese!"

Zhong E glanced at Guo Erdan: "Why are you still standing there? I'll give you that horse. Get on it and follow me!"

After the army marched far towards Mizhi Village, a villager asked: "Uncle Wu, is Erdan going to be an official?"

Uncle Wu said "Hi": "What an official, he is still a big-headed soldier!"

After saying that, he added: "They are just the top soldiers around the Taiwei. After being released after three years, they will not be able to run away as a commander of a hundred people. Even if they return to the county and lose all their martial arts skills, it is still safe!"

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In Mizhi Village, Ling Jieyu was like an ant on a hot pot, pacing back and forth at the top of the city.

The rolling Wuding River, carrying dead people and dead horses in these days, flows by not far from the village.

The sergeants guarding the outside of the city no longer focused on the enemies in Mizhi Village, and arrogantly pulled up cables in the river to salvage the bodies.

Every head level can be exchanged for money!

The Song army dug several mass graves around the city, cut off the heads and piled them on the edge, stripped the Xia army's headless corpses, then pushed them into the pits, doused them with fire oil and burned them.

The thick smoke billowing around Mizhi Village and the smell of burning flesh made the people inside the village despair and go crazy.

The pile of heads is getting bigger and bigger. In addition to those fished out from the river, there are also those dragged in by carts every day.

A few days later, Zhong'e led an army of 70,000 to the besieged Mizhi City again, and displayed Liang Yongneng's golden armor, general seals, flags, and tents.

Ling Jieyu still wanted to hold on, but Sergeant Xia's courage was gone and his military morale had already collapsed.

The guard at the east gate decided to surrender and secretly opened the city gate.

Ling Jieyu did not dare to be stubborn anymore, so he had to lead more than fifty chiefs to ask for surrender.

After Zhong'e entered the city, he committed no crime. He appeased Ling Jie and more than 10,000 households of Mizhi residents, gave them winter clothes, and then opened warehouses to store grain.

Mizhi City had a lot of savings, more than 10,000 stones of grain, countless bows, arrows, swords and guns, all of which were captured by the Song army.

After the handover between Zhong E and Ling Jie was completed, he was ordered to continue to serve as the guard of Mizhi City, to guard the prisoners and assassinate them, and then told Sun Neng: "To report the victory to the Duke of the country, our troops set up an ambush in Wudingchuan and defeated Liang Yongneng.

He beheaded 46,000 people, annihilated 2,000 iron harriers, captured 20,000 Xia people, and captured alive the Western Xia Privy Council, which ranked them as Ma Nu, seven generals, 30,000 horses, and countless cattle and sheep."

"Liang Yongneng helped his horse across the river and managed to escape. Our troops gathered in Mizhi, and the city guard ordered Jie to surrender with fifty chiefs."

"Our troops will march into Yinzhou, rebuild Luowu and Funing, control key areas, and divide the Xixia Xiangyou and Zuoxiang 2nd Army Divisions."

"The Qidu General Manager ordered Wang Zhongzheng to go out of Jialuchuan and join forces with our troops to attack in a pincer attack to expand the results of the battle."

"Yes!" Sun Neng stood at attention excitedly: "Captain is brave!"

In the great victory of Wudingchuan, Zhong Wulang slaughtered and captured Liang Yongneng's 80,000 troops, plus the 10,000 from Mizhi Village, which ate up one-fifth of the Xia people's military strength, and most of them were elites.

Among them are half the iron kites of the Xia people!

The news of the good news reached the Six-Road Administrative Department, and the shogunate was filled with joy.

After this battle, Zhong E completely washed away the stains on his body and established the reputation of the Zhong family army that shook the world!

"Nonsense!" Su You found Zhong Ji who was drinking milk tea with Li Ruoyu in the back tent of the shogunate, and said angrily: "What are you going to do?! Let the new army tie the pockets and use the old army to fight against the iron kites?!"

"This is an adventure! If Liang Yongneng sees through his iron ladder scheme, this battle will be about Liang Yongneng and Ling Jie meeting each other and making his dumplings in turn!"

"Also, why are the thunder cannons not used? Where are Sun Neng's five thunder cannons? Our army lost more than 5,000 people in this battle, and 4,000 of them were sacrificed while resisting the Xia people's attack on the car formation!"

Zhong Jiu took Su You to sit down and handed him a cup of milk tea: "Wu Lang wants total annihilation in this battle, so it is necessary to show weakness before and lure Liang Yongneng into an ambush."

"Liang Yongneng is also a famous general. If there are too many people piercing the pockets, there will definitely be mistakes, so we can only let the new army take on this task."

"As for the thunder cannons, Wulang must have placed them on the high ground behind the vehicle formation. Why not use them? He was afraid that Liang Yongneng would turn around and scare away before his troops were weakened."

"So Xiao Wu still has a back-up plan. Even if Liang Yong can see through the iron ladder trick, Wu Lang must also have some calculations. For example, if he throws a thunderbolt with his hand, wouldn't it be useless?"

Sighing: "Alas... Xiaowu is still stubborn and arrogant."

"Defeating the Xia people has been his obsession for more than ten years. He did not rely on the new army to defeat Liang Yongneng, or is it because he felt that... the victory could not be won without force?"

Picking up the milk tea, tears welled up in Zhongjie's eyes: "Mingrun, here's a toast to you. You planted a family for me and trained a peerless general!"

Su You's anger also gradually calmed down, and he left with Zhongjie: "I know Wulang has been suffering for more than ten years, but this is a war for the country, and as a commander-in-chief, he must control his emotions."

"The Lord cannot be angry and raise an army, nor can a general be angry and lead to war. Wu Lang is reading military books while he is sleeping. You should know this common sense, right?"

Zhong Ji took a sip: "I believe this is the first time he indulges himself, and it will also be the last time."

"Not only is he suffering in his heart, but if it hadn't been for Mingrun's solution back then, my lonely brother would have been buried long ago."

"Now he has proved his ability and proved that the princes in the court misjudged him many years ago. His temper has calmed down, his anger has been vented, his mind is clear and wise, and nothing can affect him anymore."

"Another important point is that Wulang's success also proves that we, the Song Dynasty, can win completely with only the old army."

"The Xia people can destroy the iron kite, so what is there to fear from the leather tent iron forest? The encouragement to the morale of the army is priceless."

"Although Mingrun didn't say it, after our army captures the front line of the Great Wall and achieves the second strategic goal, it shouldn't invest too much in the army to besiege Xingling. It will mainly be the new army in the route, right?"

Su You looked at the execution as if he had seen a ghost.

Zhong Jiu smiled and said: "You don't have to look at me like this. After seizing a large area of ​​Xixia territory, isn't it logical that the old army will consolidate the results, guard the food routes, and clear the place? The new army will leap forward thousands of miles and attack Xingling directly?"

"So Wulang's victory with the old army will have a great deterrent effect on the future consolidation of the place."

Su You fawningly held the cup and toasted to Zhongjie and Li Ruoyu: "Hehehe... The behind-the-scenes judge, the supervisor, this matter has not been announced to the public for the time being, for fear of affecting the enterprising spirit of the old armies and cavalry, I hope to continue.
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