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Chapter 346: Begging for Surrender
King Li Yuanhao, who was shocked by this sudden and unbelievable bad news and seemed to be crazy, gradually sobered up and calmed down after spitting out a mouthful of blood.
This young, wise, courageous and tenacious Xixia leader will not give in easily. He will lead the Dangxiang people to break free from the fate of being controlled by the big countries and establish a strong country ruled by the Dangxiang people.
Li Yuanhao wiped the blood from his lips, his face firm and his eyes sharp, he said in a deep voice, "Since the reinforcements don't need to go, then follow me to defend Xingqing Prefecture! Order the troops from Suizhou, Lingzhou, and Jingzhou to withdraw half of them to support Xingqing Prefecture!"
The terrified ministers gradually calmed down after seeing the perseverance, wisdom and courage of the young and promising king. …
Old General Yang Ye, the Golden Sword Commander, led 10,000 soldiers to defend Yanmen Pass, while Yang Yanzhao led 20,000 elite soldiers of the New Army's First Army to Xiazhou City to join His Royal Highness the Regent.
Yang Yanzhao, who was now the consort of the emperor, joked with the prince, "Prince, I received the military order and hurriedly marched to join the battle. I didn't expect that you would capture Xiazhou City in just half a day. Xiazhou City is a tough nut that the soldiers of the First Army were not lucky enough to have a chance to take!"
The old general Zhe Dejian laughed out loud, and seeing his usually steady grandson actually learn to tell jokes, he asked curiously, "Yan Zhao, you have also learned to joke. Is it because you got married and became a prince consort, and the prince became your elder brother-in-law, that you have less awe and alienation towards His Highness?"
Yang Yanzhao smiled shyly, "Grandfather, please don't tease me. How dare I not respect the prince? The relationship between the prince and me is not just that of a brother-in-law and an elder brother-in-law. As a disciple of Taiji Sect, I naturally respect and keep a distance from the husband of the Taiji Sect's master."
"Taiji Sect?" General Zhe was even more curious. "What kind of sect is Taiji Sect? How did you become a disciple of Taiji Sect?"
Regent Zhao Defang smiled and explained to General Zhe, "The Taiji School was founded by my princess. She personally performed surgery on Yang Yanzhao and saved his life. She did it without expecting anything in return. It was your granddaughter Yang Yanqi who tricked her brother into joining the Taiji School and becoming my princess's disciple."
General Zhe smiled and shook his head, saying disapprovingly, "It turned out to be just a joke. Yan Zhao, you are the princess's registered disciple, how should you address yourself with such a mess of generations?"
Yang Yanzhao was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to respond to his grandfather.
Regent Zhao Defang raised a wicked smile at the corner of his lips, looked at General Zhe, and scared him again. : "General Zhe, please don't look down on the Tai Chi School founded by my princess.
My martial arts fanatic uncle and ghost-handed poison doctor uncle both willingly joined Tai Chi School. It is a great honor for Yan Zhao to be brothers with them."
General Zhe’s eyes widened in shock!
: "The hermit martial arts fanatic and the ghost-handed poison doctor have both joined the Tai Chi sect? They have...they have the Regent Princess as their master? This...this is too...too...sensational, right?" Zhe Dejian finally came up with a word.
Regent Zhao Defang proudly picked up the teacup and took a sip, ignoring what the old Zhetou meant by his sensational remarks.
Yang Yanzhao spoke for the prince, "Grandfather, you don't know the princess. She is a person of temperament, free and unrestrained, heroic and generous. The princess is extremely intelligent, a disciple of the goddess Luoshen, and possesses countless magical skills and abilities. Being able to join the Tai Chi School founded by the princess is a blessing that ordinary people like us can only dream of in this world."
General Zhe became even more curious, "The princess is the disciple of Goddess Luo? Then...the princess is not a human, but a deity in heaven?"
Regent Zhao Defang put down the teacup and smiled faintly, helping the old cat whose curiosity killed the cat to solve the puzzle, "It was a teaching in a dream. My princess was accepted as a disciple by the Goddess of Luo River in a dream, and was taught a set of magical skills."
General Zhe, who was still half-believing and half-doubting, looked at His Royal Highness the Regent carefully with a strange look, as if he wanted to see if there was any trace of immortality on the Regent Princess' husband.
Cao Wei and Gao Yingxiong laughed so hard that their shoulders shook. They thought to themselves that the old general was staring at the prince with such a strange look. Was the prince feeling proud or irritated? …～………
Regent Zhao Defang personally led an army of more than 70,000 troops to the city of Xingqing Prefecture. Li Yuanhao, the ruler of Western Xia, dressed in golden armor, stood on the city wall with a solemn and resolute expression. He was confident that he could use the 80,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 heavily armored cavalry Iron Harriers in the city to break through the Song army's camp that stretched for several miles!
Seeing that the Song army had no intention of attacking the city immediately, they were busy setting up camp.
This was a rare opportunity, so Li Yuanhao decisively gave the order: "Open the city gates and take the initiative to attack. Ten thousand Iron Harrier heavy cavalry will lead the way, and sixty thousand light cavalry will follow behind to charge the Song army camp!"
Li Yuanhao, the king of Western Xia, was full of confidence. Only when his army rushed out of the city and approached the Song army camp three miles away did he realize how Xiazhou City and Xiping Prefecture of Xiliang Prefecture had suffered a disastrous defeat.
How powerful was the rolling thunder that would emit fire and explode that the soldiers who escaped back talked about? What kind of irresistible killing power was it?
Amid the roar of cannons and the roar of thunder, the 10,000 heavily armored cavalrymen charging in the front were as fragile as paper. They were thrown to the ground, their limbs flew everywhere, and blood flowed like a river...
The lightly-armored cavalry at the back gritted their teeth and rushed forward, stepping on the corpses of their compatriots. From the camp of tens of thousands of Song Dynasty's divine arm bows, rows of black arrows flew out like dense raindrops, and the elite Dangxiang cavalry fell off their horses in rows.
"Sound the horn to call back the troops!" The young Xixia king's heart ached, and he wisely ordered the troops to call back. This kind of arrow rain array with a long range and strong penetration would not be enough to fill it with the lives of many Dangxiang warriors, not to mention the endless rolling thunder exploding in the charging team.
The young king, who was a man of great talent and ambition, closed his eyes in pain.
The wise and intelligent young ruler Li Yuanhao realized a fact: in this era, the Song army led by Regent Zhao Defang is invincible! Any strong army that encounters them will be defeated by the dimensionality reduction attack!
When the enemy army fled back to the city, leaving behind nearly 20,000 corpses, the Regent Zhao Defang did not order troops to pursue them. Anyway, no matter how high the city walls were, they could not stop the Song army from crushing the enemy with overwhelming force. The Xixia government could be attacked leisurely and slowly!
It took half a day to clean up the battlefield. A great victory without any casualties but annihilating 20,000 enemies boosted the morale of the soldiers. The Song soldiers firmly believed that they were an invincible army and could fight to the end with His Royal Highness the Regent.
Li Yuanhao, the young, wise, and courageous King of Western Xia, locked himself in the room, thought painfully all night, and made a wise choice.
At dawn the next day, a white flag was hoisted on the wall of Xingqing Prefecture. Li Yuanhao, the ruler of Western Xia, sent an envoy out of the city to the Song army camp to beg for surrender.
The Song soldiers who were eating breakfast and preparing to attack the city were talking in a depressed and annoyed manner. The Xixia king had surrendered, so there was no need to fight this war. I haven't made many military achievements yet! The ideal of killing the enemy, gaining merit, and being rewarded with a title was shattered in the blink of an eye.