Zhao Huan finally chose to send someone out of the city to kill Wan.

Different from what many people think about the shortage of horses in the Song Dynasty, Bianjing City did not lack war horses, and there were quite a lot of them. In addition, Zhao Huan, who was born with evil views and evil elements, came up with some bad ideas. The Song Army's combat mode

It has started to go astray seriously.

The Yanling Formation charges and cuts. In the middle of the Yanling Formation are the masters of cavalry and archery from the horse club in Bianjing City. The main task of these people is to charge with the cavalry on the periphery of the Yanling Formation, then light the palm thunder in their hands, and then throw it to the gold

Inside the ranks of the soldiers signing army.

Therefore, although Zhao Huan never expected to rely on the Song army in the city to confront Wanyan Zongwang's regular army and Tiefutu, he took the opportunity to rescue the captured people and collect some interest from the signing army.

But there is no problem.

After all, although Li Gang can only be regarded as a general rather than a handsome man, although Li Gang is more touted by the literati of the Song Dynasty as a facade, he can still be regarded as a wild boar among pig teammates. In addition, Zhao Huan has already

The reward of five guan of money was offered, and if I don't do it now, I guess it will be difficult to find such a good opportunity in the future.

But Wanyan Zongwang no longer cared about the soldiers and the captured people.

The composition of the signature army itself is very complicated. There are Jin people, Liao people, and even strong people from the Song Dynasty. This kind of signature army, which is barely cobbled together by all kinds of miscellaneous people, has no military discipline at all.

It is even less possible to continue fighting while suffering heavy casualties.

Of course, it doesn't matter no matter how many signed troops die, because for Wanyan Zongwang, only the seven thousand iron pagodas and the ten thousand regular troops are his lifeblood, and the three thousand resentful troops are barely worthy of training, similar to

The signing army, which is like cannon fodder, is simply a dispensable thing, and it doesn't hurt to throw it all to the little emperor named Zhao.

As for the captured people, they were the bricks Wanyan Zongwang originally thought he could rely on to knock open Bianjing City. Now that Bianjing City cannot be broken open, these captured people are naturally of no use.

Anyway, all the money they had on them had been plundered by the regular army and the resentful army. Taking them back would cost food and grass to feed them, so it would be easier to bring them back with money.

Wanyan Zongwang led the main army and Tiefu Tu to escape, which directly caused the 30,000 signature troops under Bianjing City to begin the process of complete collapse——

The Eight Oxen Crossbow on the city head never stopped firing. The lethality of this large crossbow, which can be used to defend or attack the city, is extremely astonishing. Even skewers of candied haws are not enough.

Describe the splendor of the scene.

In other words, many golden soldiers were directly cut in half by the arrows of the Eight Ox Crossbow before they had time to be skewered into candied haws. Even if they were just brushing against each other, they would end up with missing arms and legs.

Coupled with the grenades that kept exploding, the loud noises and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke made the horses that the signing army rode, which had not undergone strict training, go crazy.

Wanyan Zongwang even couldn't figure it out. How rich did the people of Song Dynasty have to be to prepare so many eight-niu crossbow arrows and such powerful palm thunder in the city?

Isn’t this just using money to bully people? I won’t play with you anymore!

As soon as Wanyan Zongwang ran away, the troops who stayed behind the city were in bad luck.

Zhao Huan has always had the spirit of chasing the poor bandits with the remaining brave men, and should not betray the spirit of the overlord. Now seeing that the signing army under the city has completely collapsed, and it has been confirmed that Wanyan Zongwang has really run away, Zhao Huan simply takes Li Gang and He Guan

He and others rushed out together.

Beat the drowned dog, even though my body is indeed weak, but there are many guards around me. If I don't kill a few golden soldiers myself to boost morale, then my job as emperor for decades in my previous life will be in vain!

The defenders of Bianjing and the few remaining imperial troops also used practical actions to prove to Zhao Huan the true combat effectiveness of the Song army——

It’s hard to say how to fight against the wind. Anyway, it’s very easy to fight against the wind. More than 30,000 defenders directly attacked the 30,000-strong army that had completely collapsed. In the end, they only managed to save 7,000 to 8,000 civilians and captured 20,000.

, its own casualties were close to 8,000...

"Now we have to look at Moutuogang."

After beheading the people, Zhao Huan, who was out of breath but refreshed, stood on the top of the city and pointed out: "If Qing Zhong can burn the grain and grass in Mou Tuogang, the people named Wan will have to retreat."

"There is still beauty."

Li Gang bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the gold thief's surname is Wanyan, not Wan."

"Yes, there is also a face."

Zhao Huan hummed and said: "Now I hope that he will not retreat after his surname is over. Anyway, in a few days, the Yellow River will be civilized. By then, he will completely stay in our Song Dynasty."

Li Gang was too lazy to worry about whether Wanyan Zongwang's surname was Wan or Wanyan. If he defeated the Jin Kingdom in the future and the officials gave others the surname Wan, he would just go with the officials.

The most important thing right now is to visit Moutuogang.

…

Wearing chainmail, a tasseled helmet, and holding a broadsword, Master Zhongdao already had silver hair, occasionally with a few gray hairs mixed in. He was also fighting hard at this time. Dozens of them were almost dressed in the same way, but they were just right.

The mature soldiers closely guarded He Guan's side, and together they formed the arrow part of the Yanling Formation.

Yao Pingzhong, who formed another wild goose feather array arrowhead, almost burst out laughing——

There are more than 20,000 good horses in Moutuogang. Even if you have to select the best from the best, it is not difficult at all to select a few horses suitable for riding.

Finally, I no longer have to ride a mule to kill people!

Laughing wildly, Yao Pingzhong flew away a golden soldier in front of him. After putting on a good horse, Yao Pingzhong took the torch from the soldiers behind him. He first directed the soldiers to pour some fire oil on the grain pile, and waited for the soldiers to retreat.

He threw the torch up.

"Burn! It's hard for me to burn! Don't feel bad! Also, the official said, let us find an opportunity to exchange mules and donkeys. Children all know how to play horse riding and fight, and we can't keep riding mules.

Ride a donkey!”

Yao Pingzhong's words caused the soldiers and soldiers of the Western Army who were following him to burst into laughter, but the laughter was full of misery and relief.

The Song Dynasty has never lacked horses, nor war horses, but the generals in the army are in short supply of war horses. The reasons for this bullshit situation are very complicated and cannot be explained clearly in a few words, including the ones Yao Pingzhong himself rides.

It's not a war horse, but a big blue mule...

But this problem no longer exists.

Since the officials said they were allowed to exchange horses at Moutuogang, even if they were just ordinary good horses, it would be much better than riding mules and donkeys to fight.

After riding a donkey to look for a horse, the Western Army who finally found the horse became even more arrogant. They set fire to food, grass, and almost anything that could be burned. They even killed many of the donkeys they were riding.

, and then threw it into the well in Moutuogang.

The increasing intensity of the fire also caused the Jin soldiers who were left behind at Moutuogang to collapse and scatter. Then they were hacked to death by the Western Army soldiers who chased them on horseback.

"Ms. sir, should we ambush here and wait for the gold thieves to come before attacking their army directly?"

The fire was almost done and the killing was almost done. Yao Pingzhong began to feel a little arrogant: "The golden thieves can't attack Bianjing, and they got the news that the grain and grass were burned. They will definitely return to Moutuogang. We only need to ambush and harass them in stages until the golden soldiers arrive.

After Mou Tuogang, if we attack the central army directly, why worry about Wanyan's child surviving?"

But Zhong Shidao shook his head: "Tell me to go down, take a detour, and return to Bianjing City!"

"Ms. sir!"

Yao Pingzhong said anxiously: "If we miss this opportunity, I'm afraid Wanyan'er will flee north!"

"Execute military orders!"

Zhong Shidao resisted the urge to vomit blood and almost said these words through gritted teeth.

There is no way, Zhongshi Dao also wants to kill Wanyan Zongwang, but Zhongshi Dao is not as swollen as Yao Pingzhong, so swollen that he can't even count in his heart——

There were only a small number of regular Jin troops left behind in Moutuogang, and most of the rest were miscellaneous fish such as signing troops and civilians. The Western Army he brought seemed capable of fighting, but it could only be used to sign troops. The real face was

You will still suffer a loss when fighting against the Jin army.

Yao Pingzhong had no choice but to withdraw his troops according to Zhong Shidao's instructions, leaving Wanyan Zongwang with Moutuogang covered with embers and corpses.

…

The atmosphere in Zichen Palace was a bit depressing.

In fact, the atmosphere in the Zichen Palace has never been cheerful since the days of the imperial family. Compared with when the emperor was sitting on the dragon throne, it was completely the opposite of heaven and earth.

When the emperor was sitting on the dragon throne, everyone could discuss government affairs, talk about calligraphy and poetry, and occasionally accompany the emperor to talk about cultivating immortals. However, since the officialdom of today, everything has changed.

.

In addition to discussing the war, he was scolded as a pig teammate by the officials, and at the same time he had to face the butcher's knife of the officials with fear.

I really miss the emperor~

Zhao Huan, who was sitting on the dragon chair, had a panoramic view of all the performances of the ministers in the palace, and there was no trace of joy or anger on his face hidden behind the twelve crowns.

After waiting for the big shots in the court to finish talking about the things that should be said and the nonsense that should not be said, Zhao Huan said: "I will promote Li Ruobing to take charge of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. In addition, I will build a Jingguan with the 20,000 signed troops.

"

What to do with the 20,000 signed military prisoners is the biggest problem at the moment.

The military law of the Song Dynasty was very screwed up. It stipulated that during the war, prisoners were not allowed to be captured at will, beaten at will, or killed at will, etc., and corresponding reward and punishment policies were formulated.

On the one hand, these legal provisions have strengthened the discipline of the army, improved the combat effectiveness of the army, reflected the rise of humanistic thinking from a spiritual level, and enabled the prisoners' right to life to be reflected and protected to a certain extent.

But on the other hand, the effect of these legal provisions is basically nonsense——

During war, people should be put first? Isn’t this nonsense? What is this?

Looking at the confused expressions of the ministers in the palace, Zhao Huan's expression remained unchanged. He glanced at the ministers in the palace and then repeated: "I said that we should cast them all into Jingguan. Who agrees? Who opposes?"
Chapter completed!