Chapter 248: Escorting food and grass to the frontier troops, burning iron kites in the plains

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Li Yunze failed to enter Chang'an City.

The reason is very simple. The Western Army has a traditional way of pitting each other against each other and despising each other.

And if he revealed his identity and came from the east and west of Beijing, he would be even more disdainful.

Yang Zhi, who was originally from the Western Army, was well aware of all these issues. He stood aside and looked at Li Yunze worriedly, fearing that he would get angry and cause trouble.

The Western Army cheating on their teammates is not just talk, it is real cheating.

Moreover, they are guest troops. A conflict with the Western Army outside Chang'an City will not end well.

Unexpectedly, Li Yunze ignored him at all and led the team directly through Chang'an City and headed straight for Fengxiang Mansion.

Li Yunze, who has always been cautious, of course cannot just let it go.

"Xin Xingzong, right? Just wait."

Li Yunze led his army through Xianyang, passed Qishan, passed Baoji, crossed Fengxiang and entered Qinzhou.

Along the way, you can see soldiers and horses passing by, civilian men being drafted, and various queues pouring towards the north. It is obvious that a war is about to begin.

The so-called Qinzhou refers to Tianshui County in the Han and Tang Dynasties. The Qinfeng Road Transfer Envoy Office of the Song Dynasty was located here.

The transfer envoy is actually an official position responsible for the wealth and supervision along the way.

With a money bag in one hand and supervision in the other, his power is naturally self-evident.

Qinzhou is the headquarters of the rear grain and salary camp. There are so many civilians coming and going between soldiers and horses and transporting grain and grass, it can be said that there is an endless stream of traffic.

Li Yunze handed in a letter and paid a visit, but he didn't see the transfer messenger.

He only received a document in return, ordering him to supervise and escort a grain team to transport grain and grass to the Dingbian Army.

The transfer envoy is good friends with Liang Zhongshu, so he will naturally help Liang Zhongshu when he asks for his help, but that's all.

It's enough to arrange a job and have some qualifications. Anyway, I have to go back after the war.

Li Yunze didn't say much. He took the order document and went to find someone to do something. Then he escorted a grain team with hundreds of grain trucks to go to Xingzhou, Weizhou, Yuanzhou and enter Yongxing Military Road.

Afterwards, he passed through Huanzhou and joined the Dingbian Army.

Along the way, there are plateau landforms unique to northern Shaanxi. They don't look very high or very steep, but they stretch one after another, seemingly endlessly.

Such a terrain was strange to the sergeants from Shandong at first. They looked around and even climbed up to play during their breaks.

But after half a month's journey, everyone was tired.

Tired.

After all, I have lived in the plains since I was a child, and I am really not used to this kind of place.

On the contrary, Li Yunze didn't care about this, and he was very familiar with the geographical environment here, and could even accurately calculate the time it took to get from one plateau to the next!

This really made Yang Zhi completely speechless.

"General." Yang Zhi couldn't help but ask, "Have you ever been to northern Shaanxi?"

People who have never been here, or even stayed here for a long time, will not understand this at all.

"Yes." Li Yunze, who had maintained his attitude, nodded with a smile, "I've been here before."

Hearing this, Yang Zhi felt relieved.

He had almost thought that Li Yunze was someone like Zhuge Wuhou. He could tell what the environment was like just by looking at the terrain, and he could tell how to go and how long it would take. .... If his intelligence is so close to that of a demon, it is really hard to accept.

They walked all the way past the ruins of the Qin Great Wall and came to a valley forty miles away from Hengshan Village, but they ran into a broken army here.

After stopping the defeated soldiers and asking, they found out that there was actually a group of Xixia iron kites coming from Shentangbao in a detour to specifically attack the Song army's grain team.

The iron kite was in the valley across the two plateaus in front, burning the grain and grass escorted by the defeated soldiers.

Calculated based on the toes, you will arrive here in at most an hour.

"General."

Yang Zhi, who looked anxious, hurriedly stepped forward, "Why don't we retreat first."

"Retreat?" Li Yunze looked over with a stern look, "Where to retreat?"

"The Hengshan Village in front is only forty miles away, and the Tongsai Fort behind is only sixty miles away." Yang Zhi was afraid that Li Yunze didn't know how powerful the Iron Kites were, so he explained repeatedly, "The men and horses of the Iron Kites of Dang Xiang Gou are all wearing heavy armor, and they can't stab each other." Enter, use a hook and rope to hang on the horse, and even if you die, you will not fall to the ground."

"It's no big deal, I fought."

Li Yunze's words made Yang Zhi dumbfounded. What does it mean to have been beaten?

"You also know that the front and rear forts are dozens of miles apart." Li Yunze stretched his muscles. "We may be able to run away with quick feet, but what will we do with so much food and grass?"

Hearing this, Yang Zhi was also stunned.

Yes, people can run away, but these hundreds of carts of food and grass cannot run away.

He was supposed to be escorting people to transport food and grass. If he abandoned the food and grass and ran away, the only result would be to be prosecuted by military law.

In other words, everyone is dead?

The soldiers and horses brought by Li Yunze were relatively quiet, but the men transporting grain and grass became noisy, and some even started to run away.

'Buzz~~~'

A sharp arrow whizzed out, accurately hitting the bun on the head of the fastest runner, and shot directly through his bun.

"Escapers!" Li Yunze, holding a bow and arrow, shouted angrily, "Behead!"

Faced with the threat of Chi Guoguo, no one dared to escape anymore. Even the defeated soldiers came to their senses and did not dare to continue running away.

The result of their running away is also a dead end.

Li Yunze on horseback looked around at the terrain, wet his saliva with his fingers and raised them up, feeling the direction of the wind. Finally, his eyes fell on the hundreds of grain trucks.

"Yang Zhi."

"General?"

"Is there any kerosene among the military supplies we transported?"

"ah?"

More than an hour later, the sun turned westward.

The dull and dense sound of horse hoofs resounded throughout the plateau, and a group of about three hundred Xixia Iron Kites rumbled into the valley.

"General, there is a Song people's food team ahead!"

"Don't shout." Wei Mingli looked at the Song people Ding Zhuang and the sergeant who fled in the distance, and sneered, "I saw it."

Wei Mingli is the son of Wei Mingyi, the general of Xixia Tieyaozi. He is less than twenty years old this year.

He had been serving as a guard for the Xixia Emperor Li Qianshun before. In this battle with the Song Dynasty, he also followed his father to the front line to gild his qualifications.

During these days, he tried his best to persuade his father to give him a chance to send troops.

Finally, his father went to Yanzhou not long ago. Wei Mingli seized the opportunity and immediately took his own team of Iron Harriers and went straight to the front line regardless of dissuasion. .... Fortunately, he was not stupid. He did not rush straight to the Song Army's heavily guarded defense line, but chose to take a detour to raid the Song Army's grain team.

In the past few days, he had raided several grain teams of the Song Army and made a lot of gains.

He also knew that this was the hinterland of the Song Army. Once the Song Army reacted to such a dangerous place, it would be very dangerous.

So I have made a decision to wait until early tomorrow morning to leave for the return trip.

Now, the obviously frightened Song Army grain team in front of him was the last battle of his attack.

Going home tomorrow.

Because of the successive easy victories, the young Wei Mingli quickly became swollen, and he had forgotten that the most important thing on the battlefield was to observe calmly.

He rode forward without hesitation, intending to find a place to rest after burning the food team.

Hundreds of kites were naturally following closely behind him.

The Tie Yaozi are the elite of Xixia. They are composed of the descendants and cronies of Dangxiang Qiang nobles and chiefs. They are all famous brave men.

This cavalry is well-equipped and fast in action. Equipped with the best horses and the finest armor. Moreover, there are fine iron protective gears on the vital parts of the horse. During battle, the knight is tied to the horse with an iron rope, so that even if he dies in battle, he will not fall off the saddle.

Their fighting will is determined and their fighting ability is extremely strong. The only drawback is that the quantity is too small.

The entire Iron Harrier Army only had a total of 3,000 troops, divided into ten teams of 300 each.

If Wei Mingli's father hadn't been the iron kite general Wei Mingyi, he wouldn't have been able to command a team of iron kites at such a young age.

The Xixia cavalry rushed into the queue of grain carts, dismounted casually, and prepared igniting objects to burn the Song people's grain and grass.

"General!"

Some shrewd Xixia cavalry noticed something was wrong: "There is something wrong with the placement of these grain carts!"

Hundreds of grain trucks were arranged in a U shape, with the depression large enough to accommodate all the iron kites.

"General!" Someone rushed over and shouted, "The grain truck has been doused with kerosene!"

To transport food and grass, there is naturally a lot of food, but there is also a large amount of fodder, which is used to feed the livestock of the army.

Apart from that, almost everything is needed in the army.

From pens, inks, paper and inkstones to wood tools, from medicinal materials for tents to oils for cloth and silk.

Nearly half of the grain team escorted by Li Yunze was fodder, and there were many other miscellaneous items.

Wei Mingli also noticed something was wrong and hurriedly ordered, "Get on the horse quickly!"

When there was a panic, shouts came from the plateaus on both sides, and a large number of Song troops poured out from the top of the mountain.

As soon as they came up, hundreds of grain trucks were pushed off the grain trucks, rolling and falling, blocking the U-shaped entrance.

Following closely were the rockets released by the crossbowmen.

"Come out, rush out!" Wei Mingli, who finally got on his horse, shouted loudly and waved his arms to greet his subordinates, "Come out with me!"

In the gradually churning flames, Wei Mingli, who was wearing a beautiful armor and stomach, was very conspicuous.

Li Yunze stepped down and saw him at a glance.

Take a step, draw your bow, nock an arrow, aim, and let go.

'Whoosh~~~'

Amidst the sharp sound of piercing the air, Li Yunze's sharp arrow hit Wei Mingli's face with great accuracy!

Wei Mingli was wearing strong armor and stomach all over his body, but he did not put down his visor at this time.

'Ah~~~'

The young General Dangxiang screamed, his body fell limply and he fell off the horse.

He could never go home again.

The Iron Kites, who lost their leader, suddenly became more chaotic.

Among the grain teams escorted by Li Yunze, there were also several carts of medicinal materials.

These medicinal materials were evenly distributed on the forage cart. After being ignited, black smoke rose up and followed the wind, covering their heads and covering the armored iron kites.

Song troops with their faces covered with wet cloths swarmed forward. The crossbowmen were in the back room, and others were in front across the grain carts, using long spears and sticks to prevent the party members from rushing out of the ring of fire.

People screamed, horses neighed, swords flashed, and flames burned the sky!

After shooting all the sharp arrows in the arrow pot, Li Yunze stood on the slope of the plateau, looking calmly at the party members who were gradually engulfed by the flames.

"Iron kite? Ha~~~".

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