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Volume 1: Saving the Three Thousand Beauties in the Harem Chapter 452: Criticizing the Strong and Punishing the Weak

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    Keyi Gate is close to the Yellow River and is the residence of the Shunjun Division on the right side of the Xia Army.  Judging from its geographical location, there is the Great Wasteland to the north, the Gobi Desert to the east, the Great Desert to the west, and Xingqing Mansion, the military and political center of the Xia Kingdom, to the south.  It can be said that it is a desolate place with poor mountains and rivers, and there is nothing that needs special defense.  The reason why Xia State wanted to set up a military department here was just a conventional military deployment in terms of national strategy.  Together with the Baimaqiangzhen Military Division in the northwest, Dingzhou in the south, and the Chaoshun Military Division in the right wing in the middle, a three-layered defense layer from north to south was formed to ensure the security of the north of Xingqing Mansion.

    It is precisely because the Xia Kingdom has no rivals in the north that the Chaoshun Military Division in the right wing, the Baimaqiang Town Military Division two hundred miles away, and Dingzhou in the south all have only a small number of troops stationed, and the military  The elite level of the soldiers is also far less than that of the various military divisions on the southeastern border.  The role of these two armies and one state is only to serve as an early warning force.  In other words, if an enemy really attacks from this direction, these two armies and one state can serve as a warning and interception, allowing sufficient time for the rear to mobilize troops for reinforcements.

    From a strategic perspective, the existence of these two armies and one state is very reasonable and necessary.  However, in the more than a hundred years since the founding of Xia State, there has never been an enemy invasion from the northwest, and these three layers of defense have never been effective.  If any area is comfortable for a hundred years.  To say that vigilance is lost is an understatement.  This can be seen from the fact that more than 10,000 troops of the 12th Division of the Chinese Army were approaching 30 miles from Keyi Gate. From the right side, the Shun Army Division, from the Dutong Army to the Huotou Army, knew nothing about it.

    Although Yue Fei was very confident about using ten thousand to attack three thousand, he didn't want to make too much noise.  In this thousand-mile attack, Keyimen is not the ultimate goal.  Thousands of armies besieged the city.  It's easy to scare off the grass and alert the Xingqing Mansion.  Yue Fei planned to use three hundred light cavalry to knock on Keyi Gate and defraud the right side of Chaoshun Army Division.

    How to defraud?  This must be done to the leader of the sand bandits.

    It¡¯s time to apply for a license.  Xu Qing, the commander of the 36th Brigade and the commander of the cavalry, personally led the team.  He led 300 elite troops including Yue Yun and Sun Zhangong.  Go straight to the right compartment and head towards Shunjun Division.

    Along the way, three checkpoints were set up in a row - there were less than ten soldiers in these checkpoints, all of them old and weak.  Not to mention mounting a horse to fight, even if he is on sentry duty, his eyes won't do anything.  This so-called checkpoint is nothing more than an empty pretense to fool themselves.

    As for the regular patrol police posts, there are no ghosts at all. The military commander in the right wing of Chaoshun is really doing his own evil and is going to die.

    As dusk fell, a cavalry team appeared below the Keyi Gate. There were some on horseback and some on camels. They numbered about twenty, wearing tattered leather jackets. There were swords, bows and bulging packages hanging beside the saddle.

    As soon as this group of cavalry appeared, it immediately caused a panic among the defenders. There were figures running on the city walls, swords and arrows shining.  After a while, the city gate opened wide, and hundreds of finely armored cavalry rushed out, surrounding the group of cavalry.  After a while, one of the cavalry rushed back to the city and reported loudly: "Deputy Commander, the people coming are the brothers of Commander Zheng, the 'Flying Squirrel in the Sand' group. They have just done a business and would like to donate  Some are given to the deputy commander of the army, my eldest brother, and the brothers in the fort, in exchange for supplies."

    The deputy commander-in-chief, whose helmet and neck armor covered most of his face on the top of the city, nodded when he heard this: "Okay, let Lao Zheng handle it and lift the alert."

    As the top commander of the garrison issued the order, the city returned to its usual quiet state, or rather, laziness.

    These twenty sand-riding bandits were brought into the castle. As they opened the bulging packages one by one, silk, rhinoceros horns, pearls, gems and other objects were revealed, which immediately triggered a large-scale onlooker from the garrison.

    When the leader of the sand pirates, "Sari Flying Squirrel", took two followers and followed his eldest brother Zheng, he came to the inner courtyard of the castle and stood at the foot of the steps to present a gift to the deputy commander of the army upstairs. The deputy commander took off his armor.  Jun appeared on the balcony with a reserved smile and accepted the gift.

    One of the "sand bandits", Sun Zhangong, was smiling and handing out gifts to the defenders. At a glance, he was shocked. This deputy commander of the army was actually an old acquaintance - he once led thousands of troops to besiege and kill Hu Fort. It turned out that  The commander of the Shenyong Army in the left wing is Cao Ji.

    Why does Cao Ji appear here?  It's not surprising.  Cao Ji was originally a general in the military system.  In two battles with the Tianzhu Army, the predecessor of the Chinese Army, they were defeated twice in a row and captured twice. It was a humiliation.  If he had not been protected by a good father, and had made great contributions in the peace talks with the Tianshu forces later on as an envoy, the merits and demerits were offset, I am afraid that he would have been dismissed from his post and investigated.  Although Cao Ji escaped by luck, such a shameful record made it clear that he was not suitable to continue to be a general on the border.  So the father and son used power and money to maneuver, and Cao Ji was transferred to the Shun Army Division in the right wing as deputy capital commander.

    It¡¯s good to have a military promotionHowever, this land of barren mountains and rivers was not what Cao Ji wanted. His original intention was to just appoint a commander in Dingzhou.  However, after being scolded by his father for a while, he finally came to this desolate desert land, prepared to work hard for three or two years as his father said, and then transfer back to the current military position with his current military position, which would be high.

    And this opportunity seems to be coming soon.  As the border friction between Xia and Hua gradually heated up, the Xia army continued to transfer its troops to the southeastern border, including the Youxiang Chaoshun Army Division.  A month ago, the Dutong Army of the Chaoshun Military Division in the right wing personally led a thousand elite soldiers to Yanzhou for reinforcements. Now, there are only about 2,300 soldiers in the large Keyimen Castle.  Among them, there are only three hundred elite cavalry and only one iron kite guard. The nearly two thousand soldiers are all support soldiers (auxiliary soldiers) and servants. Their ability to defend the battle is extremely low.

    Now, the highest commander of the entire Youxiang Dynasty Shunjun Division is Cao Ji, the deputy commander of the army.  Cao Ji was the general who knew and feared the Chinese army the most in the Xia Kingdom.

    Cao Ji was watching the guards presenting the gifts with a smile on his face, but he never noticed that the group of "sand thieves" were quietly leaving the camels and horses one by one, leaving only a pile of gifts for the Xia army to loot.  And those who are most qualified to rob are naturally the hundreds of regular soldiers and cavalry from Chaoshun Army Division in the right wing

    ?The moment the red sun sets in the west and night falls.  A thunderous explosion rumbled mercilessly in the center of the castle, in the school grounds with the densest garrison, and in the center of a circle where hundreds of Xia soldiers were robbing property.  The dazzling red light gives people an illusion for an instant, as if the red sun that had just sunk jumped out of the horizon again and fell into the castle.

    The first thing to be blown to pieces was the camel horse ridden by the soldiers of the 12th Division, because the explosive package was tied under the belly of the camel horse, and it all used a wheel-pulling device similar to a mine.  Timed detonation.  The one that was bombed the most brutally.  They were the more than 50 elite cavalrymen in the inner circle who were most active in looting. More than 80% of the body parts and meat and large amounts of blood at the explosion site came from them.  More than a hundred soldiers in the outer circle were also killed and injured by the shock wave to varying degrees.  The outer military.  Injured or not.  Everyone was shocked by this earth-shattering explosion.  It was so shaken that it was staggering and in disarray.  The entire castle trembled with muffled sounds one after another, and mud rustled down from the walls.  Dust mist evaporates.

    A sudden surprise attack in the center killed nearly half of the elite forces of Chaoshun Military Division in the right wing, and turned thousands of troops into a pot of porridge.

    At that time, Cao Ji picked up a longan-sized pearl with his thumb and index finger, praised it, and wondered whether it would be better to give it to the eldest wife or to the concubine.  The sudden big explosion shocked him so much that the pearl dropped from his hands and fell down the steps. It kept bouncing like a star ball and jumped down step by step Suddenly a big foot stepped on it and crushed it on the sole of his boot.  Move your big feet away and quickly climb the steps. The pearls have turned into powder.

    The person who rushed up the stairs was one of the two men beside Flying Squirrel in the sand.  Of course, he is not a sand pirate, but the commander of this raid - Xu Qing.

    The other "sand bandit" is Yue Yun.

    The two had already divided their labors. As soon as the explosion went off, Xu Qing opened his robe, took out his mace and blunderbuss, stepped up the steps, knocked down an iron kite blocking the road with one shot, and then swung his mace straight at Cao Ji.  Yue Yun took off his ragged coat, covered Commander Zheng beside him with his hood, held his wrist that was about to draw the sword with one hand, made a fist with the other hand, and beat him like a blow to the head under the ragged coat.  He beat Commander Zheng until he collapsed on the ground and the Flying Squirrel in the sand kept whining and begging for mercy before letting go.  Pull out the double iron cone guns on your back and rush up the stairs.

    Yue Yun arrived just in time - Xu Qing was fighting fiercely with the three iron kite guards around Cao Ji.

    Because it is not a battlefield, Tie Yaozi does not wear heavy armor on a daily basis, and it is a foot battle. If not, Xu Qing would really be overwhelmed.  Although one against three is not a problem, the Xia soldiers who can be selected into the Iron Kites are all elite, and their personal skills and tactics are also quite strong.  During the Battle of Hu Fort, two iron kites suppressed the soldiers of the first fort, which is evident.  Xu Qing will be unable to break through for a while, and Cao Ji is waiting to escape.  At this moment, Yue Yun arrived.

    Yue Yun used his jumping technique again, stepping on one side of the wall with his body almost perpendicular to the ground, leaping over the passage blocked by the melee between Xu Qing and Tie Yaozi.  In mid-air, the iron cone gun dropped from his hand, whizzing past the side of the running Cao Ji's neck, grabbing the ground and nailing it to the rammed earth wall. Mud debris fell, and Cao Ji fell softly in shock.

    When the Tie Yaozi guards panicked and turned around to save their lives, they were horrified to find that the tip of Yue Yun's spear was pointed directly at the back of the deputy capital commander's neck

    The sound of the explosion was a signal. The three hundred elite cavalry ambushed ten miles away, and the tens of thousands of troops thirty miles away, rolled towards the Keyimen Castle.

    The army is surrounded, the center is blooming, the general is captured, the castle is in chaos, and the outcome is already determined.

    Cao Ji is definitely a very knowledgeable guy. He is used to being a prisoner, especially a prisoner of the Chinese army.  No need to threaten, he cooperated happily and ordered Xia?Lay down your arms and surrender.

    On the right side, go to the Shun Army Division and suppress it.

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    At the beginning of May, the soldiers of the Twelfth Division, who had been fully replenished, marched out of Keyi Gate in a mighty manner, along the Yellow River that rolled southward, and headed towards the ultimate goal of the trip - Dingzhou.

    At Keyi Gate, Yue Fei left a mixed camp, plus 500 Xia soldiers captives, a total of 1,000 men and horses, to guard the retreat of the army and block the Xia army's reinforcement channel from the Baimaqiang Town Military Division 200 miles to the northwest.  With Xu Qing and Yue Yun leading 500 cavalry as the vanguard, they put on the armor of the Xia army cavalry, joined Cao Ji and his fifty disarmed guards, marched thirty miles forward, and rushed to Dingzhou.

    Cao Ji had previously wanted to be transferred to Dingzhou, so he spent a lot of money and things on Dingzhou's magistrates, general magistrates, military envoys, subordinate officials, etc., and he managed the relationship very well.  The Twelfth Division caught this man and was able to get the other party to surrender and cooperate. It can be said that they found a key that quickly opened the door to Dingzhou.

    ??If we say that the Shunjun Division in the right chamber is a garrison.  Moreover, in a poor and dangerous place, if the defenders are still somewhat vigilant, in Dingzhou, which is near the capital, they are completely unprepared for danger and have no psychological preparation for being attacked.

    When Zhi Dingzhou received a report that the deputy commander of the Shun Army Division in the right wing was ordered to lead 500 elite cavalry to reinforce the front line, although it was a bit strange, he did not seem to have received the order from the Ministry of War to cooperate.  But then I thought about it, the Fuzhou and the Military Division are not the same system, and military orders may not be conveyed to the state.  And a month ago.  There are indeed thousands of cavalry from the Shun Army Division in the right wing of the Chao Dynasty who have been ordered to rush to the border. It is not surprising that there will be another group.

    Zhi Dingzhou immediately opened the gate and ordered the officials of this state to go out to welcome Wuli on behalf of the Yamen of the state government.

    Five hundred cavalry rushed into Dingzhou.  The troops divided into two groups.  Xu Qing and Cao Ji went straight to the state government office.  Capture all the officials, big and small, such as the magistrate, general magistrate, push officer, commander of the army, etc. who are waiting here.  Yue Yun led three hundred cavalry to rush towards the garrison camp in the south of the city.  The unprepared Dingzhou military camp killed everyone and turned them upside down, making it transparent inside and outside.

    After two hours, the main force of the Twelfth Division arrived.  At the top of Dingzhou City, the Chinese national flag has been rising slowly and flying in the wind.

    Dingzhou is very close to Xingqing Mansion and is the north gate of Xingqing Mansion. Its importance to the Xia Kingdom cannot be overstated.  The fall of Dingzhou shocked the whole Xia Dynasty. Like a bolt from the blue, the emperor and ministers of Xingqing Mansion were stunned.

    On the fourth day of May, in the Summer Palace of Xingqing Mansion, Li Qianshun stared with blood-red eyes, like a desperado forced into a back alley, and smashed the imperial case violently, even breaking his little finger. Unconsciously, he roared like  Lei: "The enemy troops have been killed dozens of miles away, but you are actually unaware? What use are you to waste? The Minister of the Ministry of War resigned, the Minister of the Ministry of War was imprisoned, the nine clans of the Cao family were punished, the nine clans of Zhi Dingzhou Prefecture were punished, and Ding was punished.  The state unified army envoys nine tribes!"

    Li Qianshun sprayed out a series of words "kill" in one breath, which shocked the ministers below into silence. Everyone lowered their heads, and no one dared to glance at the miserable-looking officials from the Ministry of War.

    Soon, some soldiers from outside the palace were called in. They removed the official hats, seals, ribbons and official robes of several important officials in the Ministry of War and escorted them out of the palace.  No one in the civil and military dynasty dared to plead for mercy.  There is really no way to plead for mercy. For such a big leak, someone has to take responsibility, and it has to be someone with enough weight. The head of the Ministry of War will undoubtedly not be able to escape his guilt.

    At a time when the civil and military officials in the dynasty were not daring to utter a word, a man stepped out of the first line of the martial arts squad, raised his scepter and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, as a marshal of the army and horses, I made a mistake in my defense, which led to this disaster. I can't say goodbye."  Your Majesty is responsible for the blame."

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Except for Jin Wang Cha Ge, we don¡¯t want to be the second person.  This young brother of the king is only forty years old. He has a red face and a black beard, eyes and a lion's nose. He has a majestic appearance and a strong body and soul.  This king had many battles with the Western Army of the Song Dynasty and repeatedly defeated the Western Army. Liu Fa, the famous general of the Western Army, died for his defeat.  In recent years, the Xia Kingdom has captured the Song Kingdom's city territory, mostly due to his contribution. He is a rare, brave and strategic commander of the Xia Kingdom, and has won the trust of the leader Li Qianshun.

    Li Qianshun gasped for air and stared at the calm face of Brother Wang. After a long time he calmed down and gritted his teeth and said: "You are not to blame for this loss. Who would have thought that the Chinese army could be so vicious and cunning, willing to take extraordinary risks and travel thousands of miles around."  Hit me on the side and kill more than 10,000 troops before resurrecting This is also due to my oversight."

    Brother Cha nodded sadly: "The country has been worry-free for a hundred years, but it forgot to tighten the sheepfold, so that the wolves broke in. The Chinese army should not be underestimated!"

    Li Qianshun clenched his fist hard, and then he felt a sharp pain in his little finger. His facial muscles twitched several times. He endured the discomfort and asked, "Does the King of Jin have a good plan to share my worries and relieve the country's difficulties?"

    Brother Cha raised his wat to salute the king. He slowly raised his head, his tiger eyes gleamed coldly, and his voice was sonorous: "There is no other way but to fight."

    Li Qianshun clenched his fists tightly, letting the severe pain pierce his heart. He suddenly pointed his halberd to the north with angry eyes: ???I want you to personally supervise the army in battle. If you cannot recapture Dingzhou, you must not return it to the court!  "

    On the eighth day of the fifth lunar month, Li Qianshun, the leader of the country, killed animals to worship his ancestors in front of the ancestral mausoleum hall and went to the altar to pay homage to the general.  Chage, the marshal of the Xia Kingdom's military and horse capital, personally led the army to the expedition, vowing to annihilate all the enemy forces and recapture Dingzhou.

    When the Xia army rushed toward Dingzhou City with great momentum, the three major generals of the Twelfth Division of Dingzhou were having a heated debate over the issue of battle and defense.  The focus of the debate is whether to defend the city or to fight.

    Wang Gui is a stable conservative and advocates perseverance: "According to the instructions issued by the Ministry of War, the goal of our 12th Division is Dingzhou. If Dingzhou is captured, the strategic goal will be achieved. The Xia Kingdom will definitely draw large armies from the east and south lines and lay siege to it."  This city. As a result, the number of troops on the Xia Kingdom's border will be reduced sharply and the morale of the army will be turbulent. Our army can take advantage of the situation to attack across the board and break through the Xia Kingdom's border defenses in one fell swoop."

    Xu Qing advocated the attack: "Wang Liu, don't forget that chariots and cavalry are best suited for field battles. If you withdraw all your troops, chariots and horses into the city, aren't you tying yourself up?"

    Wang Gui asked back: "Is the city wall of Dingzhou stronger or the chariots stronger? The chariot city defense is only designed to restrain the enemy's cavalry when there is no rear. Since we want to defend, why did we abandon the strong city and use the chariot city?"

    Xu Qing also knew that Wang Gui's words were reasonable, but he was unwilling to do so: "Then we hide in this city and let those bald-haired thieves attack and surround them whenever they want?"

    Wang Gui said patiently: "As long as we stay firmly anchored in Dingzhou City and exhaust, defeat, and cripple the Xia army that is coming one after another, the day our army breaks through the Great Wall will be the time for the 12th Division to counterattack.  .¡±

    Xu Qing opened his mouth, but found that he had nothing to say. He turned to look at Yue Fei: "Fifth brother, what do you think?"

    "When I was in Chang'an to fight for the greatest glory of the Western Expedition for the Twelfth Division, the Emperor did say that taking Dingzhou would be a victory, but" Yue Fei raised his head suddenly, his eyes shining, "If tens of thousands of Xia troops are wiped out,  What will the situation be like at the foot of Dingzhou City?"

    Wang Gui and Xu Qing opened their mouths at the same time. The difference was that Xu Qing was grinning from ear to ear, while Wang Gui opened his mouth in surprise: "Fifth brother, the Xia Kingdom sent out an army of 50,000 people this time.  The commander-in-chief is the number one general in the Xia Kingdom, Brother Cha, the King of Jin!"

    "So what?" Yue Fei drew his sword with his backhand and stabbed it on the table.  The hilt of the sword trembled sharply, and the sword body, as bright as a mirror, reflected the coldness of the resolute face, and said loudly, "The one I beat is Brother Cha!" (To be continued)
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