Li Jiu and his army had arrived at the east gate of Hongzhou City. At this time, the east gate was still not closed, and the portcullis on the city wall was still in the hands of Peng Qi and other leading troops.

"My sons! This is the time to make great achievements. Kill me!!"

Di Qing took the lead, and the Forbidden Army behind him quickly stopped the pendant-shaped cavalry charge. The spear in his hand was tucked under his arm, and his body leaned forward slightly. This was the best posture for a cavalry charge.

The city gate was narrow, but it invisibly made the defenders' formation more compact. Even if the horse was not in front, it could not stop the crazy cavalry. Di Qing reached out and pulled out the dagger from his waist, and thrust it into the horse's butt, causing pain.

The army horses galloped wildly, and the cavalry behind them also followed suit.

The cavalry of five hundred people roared and rushed towards the city gate. They knew that for every quarter of an hour of delay, one more person would be killed in the robe on the city gate. Li Jiu and Dali were even more like crazy tigers. If Peng Qi died, they would

I really don’t know how I can have the dignity to go back and meet the officials and the brothers in the Guards Department.

Most of the army horses in the Song Dynasty were heavy-duty horses, and the so-called cavalry in the Song Dynasty were mostly mounted on horses, marched and dismounted to fight. However, the cavalry in Di Qing's hands was an exception. They were all cavalry selected from the Guards Division and the Upper Fourth Army.

Elite cavalry, although there are only three thousand in number, they can be regarded as the elite cavalry of the Song Dynasty.

Even if they are facing the Dangxiang people, they still have no fear. The number of people in the farming civilization of the Han people must be much larger than that of the nomadic people. The number of people to choose from is naturally greater than that of the Dangxiang and Liao countries. Therefore, the fundamental reason for the lack of cavalry is

It was caused by the lack of enough war horses.

There is a huge difference between a real war horse and a rogue horse, which is why Zhao Zhen asked the Taliban to transport good horses from the Abbasid Dynasty at all costs.

Di Qing put on the mask given to him by the official himself. His ferocious face instantly made Yang Huaiyu's hands tremble with jealousy. The green-faced and fanged mask showed the official's love for Di Qing. He actually painted on the mask himself. The ferocious ghost head was lifelike, etc.

Even after he has made military exploits, he has to ask for help from the officials when he returns home.

The leading cavalry unit of 500 men plunged into the siege of the party members with long spears in hand. The huge impact caused by the horses' sprint was simply beyond what humans could withstand. The soldiers at the front were knocked away like paper.

, Even so, the party soldiers behind were still moving forward crazily and not retreating.

They knew that as long as they retreated, Hongzhou City would be overwhelmed by the tide of Song troops.

But even if they did not retreat, they would not be able to withstand the attack of the Song army, because after Li Jiu and Zhao Dali saw the forbidden troops from Peng Qi's command falling from the city wall, they went completely crazy and did not care about the life or death of their horses.

, frantically slashing the horse's buttocks with the long knife in his hand.

Seeing Li Jiu and Zhao Dali, the two remaining deputy commanders, going crazy, Di Qing and Yang Huaiyu didn't know the seriousness of the matter.

He raised the spear in his hand and shouted: "Kill!"

All the cavalry followed them and stimulated the horses with their weapons. For a moment, the violent horses turned into a crazy torrent, screaming and rushing towards the enemy in front.

The horses of the cavalry of the Song Dynasty were all covered with iron armor. Although it was only a thin layer, it should not be underestimated. With the strength of the horses, it didn't matter even if they were cut a few times, it would stimulate their ferocity.

The party members suffered heavy casualties and managed to cut down a war horse, but were disappointed to find that more cavalry were rushing towards them. Facts have proved that the crazy war horses cannot be stopped by human power. When Li Jiu casually cut down a charging horse,

The party members later discovered that there was no one in front of them to kill, and the cavalry successfully killed the enemy formation...

After the cavalry attack, a flood of infantry troops rushed in to cover up the damage. Facing the Song army, which was armed to the teeth, the party members almost didn’t know where to start. The protective performance of the full-body infantry armor was tested in actual combat for the first time.

, Party members were often killed by sharp triangular spurs without even seeing the enemy clearly.

In such close combat, the power of the triangular military thorn was brought into full play. Its smooth feel and huge blood tank made Song Jun start to vomit crazily after killing everyone.

During a tense battle, the Imperial Guards who first entered the battlefield had little time to adapt. At the critical moment, it was either you who died or I lived. How could you have time to think about your feelings at this time?

When the Song army collapsed to the ground exhausted after killing everyone, they were frightened by the scene in front of them that was like Shura hell. Even they themselves did not expect that this battle would be so bloody and cruel.

A soldier who was responsible for cleaning up the mess behind the cavalry sat on the ground blankly, looking at the stream-like river of blood in front of him, and started to vomit crazily with a sound of "Wow!"

His vomiting brought more people...

Blood, scarlet blood was everywhere. Several party members who were not yet dead were wailing and staring in horror at the wounds on their bodies that were constantly spurting blood. They couldn't even stop it with their hands, and the blood was like a bursting dam.

gushing out from between fingers.

In order to prevent the screams from harassing and irritating the tired sergeants, the soldiers who entered the city later raised their hands to help them end their pain.

Li Jiu and Zhao Dali successfully rescued Peng Qi and the East City Gate. At this time, Peng Qi could no longer sit down. He was covered with bows and arrows, and even his buttocks were covered with bows and arrows, but he still asked for help from his soldiers.

He took off his armor, and his upper garment was stained red. Li Jiu used the high-strength liquor he brought with him to wash his wounds.

Peng Qi didn't scream even after being shot like a hedgehog, but Ziwa screamed under the stimulation of alcohol, which made Li Jiu curl his lips in disdain.

Zhao Li bent down and bowed to the imperial guards protecting the portcullis. Most of these imperial soldiers were forcibly broken off from the portcullis. In order to protect the only way for the army to enter the city, they did not hesitate to use their bodies as shields, even if there were full-body foot soldiers.

Despite the protection of A, many people still had their young lives taken away by the God of Death.

Peng Qi cried loudly after seeing a young officer being carried off covered with a white cloth. This was his nephew. He had just graduated from the Military Academy and was sent to serve in the Western Expedition Army. Before that, he could have brought him with him.

The capital gradually rose to high positions.

But he didn't, and resolutely participated in the Western Expedition. If he didn't die, he could use his military exploits for five or six years.

Even though he was crying, Peng Qi still asked Li Jiu: "Are Di Qing and Yang Huaiyu still there, and have the army wiped out the remaining party members in the city?"

"It's very good that both of them have their tails. My 60,000-strong Western Expedition Army has all entered the city. It's only a matter of time to wipe out the remaining party members..."

"Be careful when issuing orders to wipe out the remaining party members. Don't risk your lives even if you set fire to your house as a last resort. Our Western Expedition soldiers have already suffered many casualties in this battle!"

In fact, the casualties of the Western Expedition were not heavy. Compared with other siege battles, this was already a great victory. However, in Peng Qi's eyes, the life of every soldier was extremely precious.

He clearly remembered the official's words: "The mission of a general is to protect his soldiers and win the greatest victory at the minimum cost! Otherwise, how can the soldiers regard him as the backbone? How can the general make the soldiers effective?"

Today's Hongzhou City is already in the possession of the Song Dynasty. As long as the Song Dynasty army is here for one day, it can cut off the retreat of Li Deming's 100,000-strong army. Li Jiu let all the troops in the army retreat as soon as he attacked Hongzhou City.

The black hand sent out a messenger pigeon to inform the Zhejia Army in Huanzhou that Yanzhou, the nearest city to Hongzhou, would definitely come for reinforcements, and the Zhejia Army could use this gap to sneak attack Yanzhou.

The main reason for attacking these two state cities is not only that the Great Wall is not far away, but that the two most important passes of the Northwest Great Wall are also here, one is Qintuokou in the northwest of Yanzhou, and the other is Hongshan Pass.

Iron Gate Pass in the north of Zhoucheng!

Even after capturing Hongzhou City, the army of the Western Expedition could not rest for long. A more arduous war was still waiting for them.

Only by capturing the passes on the Great Wall can this Western Expedition be regarded as a perfect end and achieve the final deployment expected by the officials and Privy Council ministers. By then, Li Deming's party army will be like a turtle in a urn, shouting at the sky and the earth.

The earth is not working.

Eliminating the effective force of Dangxiang's army is the end of Zhao Zhen's deployment of this game!

In more than two hours, the Song Dynasty's 60,000 Western Expeditionary Army plowed the city of Hongzhou as carefully as plowing the ground. Every building, every secret passage, and even the dry well were not spared.

Hongzhou is close to the Song Dynasty, and most of the people in the city are Han people. When they saw Zhang Pu's head hanging high on the top of the Anmin Notice, the Han people in the city surrendered to the Song Dynasty. The 60,000 tiger and wolf troops gave them a much more shocking

Trapped in the territory of the Song Dynasty, Li Deming was threatened by one hundred thousand troops.

All party members who refuse to surrender or who pretend to surrender will show their heads to the public. There is nothing that can be done about the city that has just been conquered. High pressure and stability are what Hongzhou City needs most now.

Mu Xiu and Zhou Zhan served as the temporary managers of Hongzhou City. They were civil servants and had long been familiar with the management of the city. They kept the people safe, patrolled the patrols, and put out the fires. Everything was in order.
Chapter completed!