Chapter 132 Finally took it all
But Mei Zang Su'er also knew that no matter how many times he thought he had won, as long as he didn't understand the purpose of the opponent's fourteen foreign devices, he would not be sure, and the other generals would not be sure either.
However, the advantage is still in the hands of their Western Xia army for the time being.
Because the Song army did not dare to retreat or move, the hill where they were blocked was the second to last checkpoint.
If they retreat further, they will retreat back to Gyeongju, which will be the last line of defense in the heartland of the Central Plains.
If Qingzhou was lost again, the Western Xia army could move south without any hindrance.
Although Gyeongju is easy to defend and difficult to attack...it is just difficult to attack.
There is no city in this world that will not fall.
Therefore, as long as the situation has not reached a desperate situation, Gyeongju must not be allowed to become the last defense.
The three marshals of the Song army understood this, and Mei Zang Suer also understood this.
"Now take turns to challenge each other." Mei Zang Su'er pointed at the Song army camp and said, "Start with the vanguard captain, and go up one level at a time. I don't believe that the Song generals can withstand the round-the-clock battle. If they don't come out, insult them with words."
As soon as this order came out, both the generals of Western Xia and the surrendered generals of Song all chuckled and were very satisfied.
Mei Zang Su'er's order was to let the surrendered Song generals take the lead and preserve the manpower of the Western Xia generals as much as possible.
This made the Xixia generals very happy, and they felt that the marshal really cared about his own people.
However, the surrendered generals of Song Fang felt that Marshal Mei Zang had high hopes for them and treated them as his own people by entrusting such an important task to them, a lowly group of people. It was worth their decision to "abandon darkness and join the light".
I am so grateful that I cannot express it in words.
So...the complex of 'convert fanaticism' is sometimes so unreasonable that it makes people mentally ill and unable to see through even the simplest tricks, or they are unwilling to see through them.
At that moment, the surrendered generals happily went to the camp to lead their subordinates. Although some of them were impatient, they still lined up one by one and took turns to challenge the Song army camp.
Then it was Yang Jinhua who went out of the camp to block the attack again.
She challenged three enemy generals in a row, two of whom were stabbed to death, and the third saw that the situation was not right and took advantage of it to run away.
Looking at the corpses on the ground, she wanted to go back to the camp to take a breath, but some people from Western Xia came forward to challenge her.
In the Song army camp, three marshals stood on the battlefield, watching another Xixia general challenging Yang Jinhua to a duel, and they were all silent.
After a while, Di Qing said, "Who is the leader of the Xixia army? He is quite clever."
Zhe Jizu frowned: "Things are a bit troublesome."
The Song army's generals who were good at single combat and leading the charge were almost all killed in the previous defeat. The only ones left were the commanding generals who were good at leading troops.
These people have strong execution capabilities, but if they are asked to fight one-on-one, they are probably only slightly better than experienced veterans.
On the Western Xia side, those who dared to come and challenge were all people who were quite confident in their martial arts.
Yang Jinhua’s martial arts skills are indeed quite good, but she is a human being after all, and a woman at that, so her endurance is still a weakness.
After repelling two more enemy soldiers and generals, Yang Jinhua looked obviously tired.
Even though they were behind Yang Jinhua, Mu Guiying and others could still tell from her actions that she was tired.
Yang Wenguang immediately stepped forward and said hastily, "Marshal Mu, please allow me to replace General Yang."
Although Di Qing is also in a high position and has great power, among the three marshals, Mu Guiying still has the most real power.
She shook her head and said, "No need, General Yang Jinhua has his own plan to deal with it."
Even the Bifang fusion was not forced out, so it was not considered a disadvantage at all.
"But……"
Yang Wenguang wanted to say something, but Mu Guiying waved her hand and told him not to say anything more.
He immediately turned his gaze to Lu Sen.
The only person who can check Mu Guiying's power now is the military supervisor Lu Sen.
Lu Sen smiled and shook his head.
How powerful is Yang Jinhua? He knew very well that even if her endurance was a shortcoming, it was still very strong. He had to drink honey to... Lu Sen felt that he shouldn't think about these things, and immediately dispelled the evil thoughts in his mind.
Besides, Yang Jinhua didn't go up to fight without any preparation. In addition to a set of "equipment", she also brought supplies.
When playing games, if you are attentive, you must prepare some health and basketball recovery potions before fighting the BOSS, right?
After forcing back an enemy general, Yang Jinhua felt a little weak, so she took out a pear from the small bag prepared on the saddle and slowly began to eat it.
In the Xixia camp, Mei Zang Su'er looked at Yang Jinhua standing in front of the military camp from afar and couldn't help but sigh: "A great reputation is a real talent. The Yang family is really capable. The young girls can actually defeat five good fighters in a row."
"But she is also exhausted." A Xixia general with a small square-pointed hairstyle nearby laughed grimly and walked into the camp, saying, "Let me go meet her. If I can capture her alive, I might be able to force Marshal Mu Guiying of the Song Dynasty to surrender."
Mei Zang Su'er smiled. He felt that even if he caught Yang Jinhua, it would be impossible to force Mu Guiying to surrender.
Although there were many spineless people among the Song people, there were also many heroes whose bones were harder than steel.
He watched the Xixia general under his command enter the camp , and then he led more than a hundred cavalrymen to challenge him.
In his opinion, if no one replaced Yang Jinhua, there was a high probability that his favorite general would be able to kill or capture Yang Jinhua.
Moreover, he didn't care about this obvious act of stealing credit.
The surrendered Song generals did spend a lot of effort to force Yang Jinhua to the current situation, but as their masters, isn't it reasonable for them to take the credit?
He watched his beloved general rush to the front of the camp, and was happily preparing to watch Song general Yang Jinhua fall from his horse... However, he was surprised to see that after just a few moves, his beloved general was pierced through the chest by Yang Jinhua's spear, and then thrown to the ground, probably not able to survive.
Anger suddenly welled up.
He waved his hand heavily and said angrily: "What's wrong with Zhaxi Ma? You can't even take down a weak woman with little physical strength. You are a disgrace to the men of our Dabai Gao country."
A Xixia general immediately said, "Marshal Mei Zang, let me go and save the Great Bai Gao Kingdom's reputation."
Mei Zang Su'er nodded.
Although this general is not his direct descendant, his martial arts skills are indeed good.
Then he looked at the second Xixia general, who was also defeated by Yang Jinhua.
Then the third one, and the fourth one !
Four Xixia generals had already died, but Yang Jinhua still looked like she was about to be exhausted.
Mei Zang Suer's face looked very ugly at this moment. Even if he was stupid, he could tell that there was something wrong with Yang Jinhua.
At this time, a Song surrendered general nearby said cautiously: "Marshal Mei Zang, Yang Jinhua seems to have been eating."
Eat?
It is not strange to eat on the battlefield, but it takes time to replenish your physical strength.
Now a total of eight Xixia generals have died in succession, and even eating cannot replenish their physical strength.
Unless... Mei Zang Su'er suddenly remembered a rumor: "I heard that Master Lu Sen has fairy fruit planted at home, which can cure all poisons and diseases. Is it true?"
The people around nodded repeatedly.
They had heard a lot of rumors about Master Lu, but because of the conflict between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Western Xia Dynasty, the rumors were half true and half false, so they did not dare to believe them completely.
But no matter what, they did hear about Master Lu having the immortal fruit.
"Could this fairy fruit also have the effect of replenishing physical strength?" Mei Zang Su'er looked at the Song army camp, her anger rising again, and said: "Even if it can replenish physical strength, it doesn't matter. To put it bluntly, no one can defeat a woman. If she can be captured in a few moves , she will never have the chance to eat the fairy fruit again. But someone thinks he can defeat Yang Jinhua and capture her in one fell swoop."
The generals present had varying levels of martial arts skills, but they all had basic vision.
After eight battles, they also realized that Yang Jinhua was very strong and they had no confidence that they could defeat her.
Seeing that no one answered, Mei Zang Su'er flicked her sleeves, turned around and walked into the big tent, snorting at the same time: "A bunch of useless people, always bragging about how powerful they are, but at the critical moment they can't even beat a woman. Summon all the staff to my big tent for a meeting. Anyone who doesn't come within a quarter of an hour will be treated as a deserter."
After saying that, a group of people followed Mo Zang Suer back to the big tent.
As for Yang Jinhua, she waited for a long time, and seeing that no one came to challenge her, she sighed with regret, then rode her horse back to the camp.
Wherever they passed, the Song soldiers cheered loudly.
Yang Jinhua single-handedly blocked eight generals of Western Xia and killed three enemies, which showed her unparalleled bravery.
It really boosts morale.
The soldiers of the Song Dynasty were already panicking, but now this incident greatly boosted their desire to fight.
Even women can fight against the Western Xia barbarians. Are the men like them as cowardly as balls?
At that moment, the army's faces became excited and positive.
Yang Jinhua returned to the front of the battle platform. Mu Guiying was sitting in the middle of the upper group. She smiled and said, "Guerrilla Yang did a great job. You've worked hard. Your contribution has been noted. Please go back to the rear camp to rest and wait for the military order to summon you!"
Yang Jinhua was praised by her mother and smiled happily. She clasped her fists and left.
Zhang Zai, as the deputy military inspector and commander-in-chief, took a wolf hair brush and wrote down the battle record and everyone's conversation on a blank book.
Di Qing said at this time: "Guerrilla Yang has won eight battles in a row, and the morale of the army is high. I think we can divide the troops."
Zhe Jizu also nodded repeatedly on the side.
The Song army had suffered a terrible defeat before, and their morale was so low that they were about to mutiny, so the three armies had to work together.
But now that morale is high, the troops can be divided. Otherwise, the three armies will always stay together, and many strategies and tactics cannot be implemented.
Then the three marshals turned their heads and looked at Lu Sen.
As a military supervisor, he has the right to supervise the army's combat route.
Generally speaking, one must proceed according to the established plan. If the route needs to be changed, the consent of the military supervisor must be obtained.
The order given to Mu Guiying and the other two was: Defend Shaguan to the death, Qingzhou must not be lost!
In other words, the three of them only have the right to defend, not the right to attack.
Seeing that the three people's eyes were on him, Lu Sen looked at Zhang Zai and asked, "Have you written down Marshal Di's suggestion in the record of the march dialogue?"
Zhang Zai shook his head.
Lu Sen chuckled: "General Di doesn't understand military strategy. He was just talking nonsense just now. There is no need to record it."
As soon as these words came out, everyone present looked at him with strange eyes.
Lu Sen then said, "I observed the sky at night and the direction of the earth veins, and determined that today is a good day for dividing the troops and attacking. Now I am issuing an order as the military supervisor to divide the troops into three routes. Qinfeng Road will go to the left wing, Yongxing Road will go to the right wing, and the imperial army will be stationed in the middle. Everyone will perform their duties and make their own decisions. We must defeat the enemy army and attack Xingqing Prefecture again."
This is an extreme statement, as it seems to be stealing Di Qing's "military strategy" and taking away the latter's credit.
But everyone present was a smart man and they immediately understood that Lu Sen was taking all the responsibility on himself.
The order given by the Secretariat was to hold on, but now they felt the time was right to attack.
This in itself is a violation of the order.
If Di Qing had spoken out these orders and suggestions, not to mention whether the war would be lost or not, even if it was a great victory, he would still be criticized by the civil servants when he returned to the court.
You will definitely not be able to escape the labels of not obeying orders, being the only one who is supreme, etc.
But when Lu Sen said it, the meaning was different.
First of all, Lu Sen is a "charlatan". He said that he calculated that this day was suitable for attack, and no one dared to refute him for the time being.
Unless someone with more magical powers than Lu Sen is found.
The second is... although Lu Sen himself does not consider himself a civil official, everyone in the court tacitly regards him as one of the civil officials.
Otherwise, he would not have been given the title of "Tianzhang Pavilion Direct Scholar".
It is a traditional art for literati to protect other literati.
For example, Wang Anshi gave chaotic command, which resulted in a great defeat and the deaths of more than 100,000 soldiers, but he was only stripped of his position as military supervisor and kept on waiting for trial.
The civil servants' detention pending trial actually meant they punished themselves by drinking three cups of wine.
If the military officer is detained pending trial, it would be a catastrophe.
Therefore, Lu Sen ignored the previous orders from the Secretariat and allowed Di Qing and others to attack. If he was really held accountable, he could use the excuse of "exercising the power of military supervision" to get away with it.
Zhang Zai also wanted to make friends with Lu Sen, so he did not record Di Qing's suggestion. Instead, he wrote down Lu Sen's words directly, then gestured in front of Lu Sen before turning around and leaving.
After Zhang Zai left, Di Qing clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Master Lu."
Mu Guiying felt that her son-in-law's behavior was very heartwarming, and she felt more and more that it was a great blessing for her daughter to marry such a responsible man.
Zhe Jizu smiled happily. He already knew Lu Sen's character. They were all relatives, so it was natural for them to help each other.
Zhang Zai came to Wang Anshi's tent with the record book in his arms.
After one night, the swelling on Wang Anshi's face had subsided a lot, and he could already be seen as a handsome man.
He was reading a book. When he heard the voice, he looked up and said with a smile, "Zihou, you look so surprised. Did something good happen to you?"
"Jiefu, look, this is the record of today's march Q&A."
Zhang Zai handed over the booklet.
Wang Anshi read the first half first and nodded slightly: "This Lu Yang family is indeed powerful. They defeated eight Xixia generals in a row. They are quite like Marshal Mu when he was young."
After he finished reading, his expression gradually became serious.
"Master Lu is actually trying to take credit for Marshal Di's advice?" Then he suddenly realized, "No, no, Master Lu is trying to take the blame for Marshal Di. Is this necessary?"
Zhang Zai said with admiration: "Among my peers, there are not many people I respect. You, Jiefu, are one of them, and now this Master Lu is also one of them!"
