Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 230 Iron Harrier (Today's 1.1W)

Zhao Xu sat upright in the Chongzheng Hall.

Although he has been a little slack recently, given Zhao Xu's character, it is impossible for him to ignore state affairs. In fact, even if this is the case, he is much more diligent than ordinary emperors.

After meeting with the ministers, Zhao Xu wanted to get up and return to the new palace. Staying in the old palace, Zhao Xu always felt that there were countless poisonous materials poisoning his body.

All I could hear was the hurried footsteps of Sun Sigong.

Sure enough, Sun Sigong appeared at the door, quickened his pace and came in. Before he even got close, he said, "Sir, there is news from the northwest!"

Zhao Xu's face suddenly darkened.

He already had a big shadow in his heart, and most of the letters from the Northwest were bad news.

Zhao Xu said in a deep voice: "Bring it here."

Sun Sigong quickly handed over the military mail, which turned out to be a thick bag.

Zhao Xu was somewhat surprised. The list of casualties had already arrived last time, and the compensation had almost been completed. This was...

Zhao Xu quickly opened the package. On the top was a memorial. Zhao Xu took a look at the booklet below and found that it was a collection of confessions. Zhao Xu quickly read the memorial. After a moment, he showed an incredible look.

Sun Sigong asked cautiously, "Official?"

Zhao Xu handed the memorial to Sun Sigong, and read the confession one by one. Zhao Xu read it quickly, but Sun Sigong finished reading it before Zhao Xu.

Sun Sigong's expression was also very interesting, but he did not dare to disturb Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu flipped through more than a dozen books, then put them down heavily, stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look at the heads of the Tanguts and see how ferocious they look!"

Sun Sigong said quickly: "Sir, there are so many heads. Please let the generals take care of them, so as not to disturb you. You have only recovered for a short time..."

Zhao Xu laughed and said, "These Tanguts were chopped down by my beloved ministers. They are not to be feared when they are alive, and even less to be feared when they are dead. Let's go!"

Zhao Xu walked out with the gait of a dragon and a tiger.

Naturally, the heads cannot be sent here, but are stored in the Dali Temple, where the evil spirit is strong and can be suppressed.

Zhao Xu went there by carriage and soon arrived at the place. The heads had been neatly arranged one by one. In the courtyard of Dali Temple, as soon as Zhao Xu entered, he saw hundreds of heads neatly arranged. It was a spectacular sight, especially the hairstyles on the heads, which were very clear.

As soon as Sun Sigong came in, he asked, "Where is the Dali Temple Minister?"

The Dali Temple Minister hurried over to meet him.

Zhao Xu asked, "Have you checked? Is he a Tangut?"

The Dali Temple Minister quickly said, "We have asked the coroner to check it. It is a Tangut. There is no doubt that he is a member of the Tangut clan."

Zhao Xu asked, "Can you find out what his identity is?"

The Dali Temple Minister quickly said: "It should be a Tangut cavalryman. Your Majesty, please look at his head. There are calluses around his forehead, which should be caused by wearing a helmet for a long time.

She wore the same earring on her ear, and there was a bird on it. I asked someone to take a look and it should be a bird unique to Western Xia, which the locals call a kite.

The Tanguts only had one group of cavalrymen with kites engraved on their earrings, and that was the Iron Kites.

Zhao Xu couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly when he heard this. What a Western Xia Iron Harrier.

But he immediately shook his head and said, "The Iron Harriers are heavy cavalry, and these are light cavalry, so they should not be the Iron Harriers."

Upon hearing this, the Dali Temple Minister shook his head and said, "Then I don't know."

Zhao Xu turned around and waved to a captain of the imperial guards. The captain hurried over and asked, "Your Majesty?"

Zhao Xu pointed at the earring and said, "You have fought against the Xixia army in the northwest. Take a look at this thing. Do you recognize it?" The captain quickly obeyed the order, looked at it closely for a while, and said, "Sir, this is the Iron Harrier."

Zhao Xu was somewhat surprised and asked, "I heard that the Iron Harriers were heavy cavalry, but these are light cavalry. What went wrong?"

The captain said quickly: "It is said that the Iron Harriers have a total of more than 300 people, divided into ten teams, each with more than people. The captains are all "the most powerful generals of the time". They practice the hereditary system and use the fish scale formation.

What is this "Use the Iron Army as the vanguard, with good cavalry and heavy armor, which cannot be penetrated by stabbing or chopping; use hooks and ropes to tie them up, so they will not fall off their horses even if they die. When encountering a battle, the Iron Cavalry will charge into the formation first, and when the formation is in chaos, charge back; the infantry will advance with the cavalry."

However, there are also "Pingxia cavalry, called "Iron Harriers", who can run a hundred miles and a thousand miles at a time. They can move back and forth suddenly, like lightning and flying in the clouds. Whenever they encounter the enemy on the plains, they often use the Iron Harriers as the charging soldiers."

These two descriptions are obviously contradictory. Since it is heavy armor, it is difficult to move back and forth quickly. If you want to electrocute Yunfei, it is difficult to hook and connect.

I stayed in the northwest for the New Year and had many dealings with the Western Xia cavalry. In fact, the Iron Harriers were not what they were said to be.

The Iron Harriers have both heavy armor and light cavalry, it just depends on what mission they are carrying out, and there are more than just 3,000 of them."

Zhao Xu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "So, these are the Iron Harriers?"

The captain nodded and said, "I will take another look."

The captain quickly looked back and forth, then came back and said, "Sir, these people are Tanguts, and the earrings are indeed earrings used by the Iron Harriers. With these two pieces of evidence together, I can only conclude that they are the Iron Harriers."

Zhao Xu stood there, not knowing what he was thinking, but the smile on his face grew wider and wider, until later he actually laughed out loud and even cried.

Zhao Xu laughed and shed tears as he said, "This is the Iron Harrier that the Song army was so afraid of!

Over the past 120 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, countless famous ministers and brave generals of the Song Dynasty fought against the Western Xia in the northwest, and they were terrified of this Iron Harrier.

But how come Su Yun could kill more than a hundred Iron Harriers with just one move, and he did it by himself? Why, why! "

The Dali Temple Minister and others looked at each other in surprise when they heard this, and the head of the imperial guards looked even more surprised.

Zhao Xu pointed at the heads of the Tanguts and shouted, "Zhong Yan, the governor of Fuyan Road, send these heads back to the capital and ask for merit for Su Yunsu Juzheng, the military commander of Fuyan Road and the governor of Suide!
When Su Qinxia heard that the Dangxiang troops were invading, he personally led a battalion of 298 soldiers to meet the Dangxiang cavalry.

In this battle, our army paid the price of 186 deaths and 21 missing persons, annihilated 98 Tangut cavalrymen, and only 16 escaped. Su Qian killed 72 Tangut cavalrymen in battle!"

Except for Zhao Xu and Sun Sigong, everyone else at the scene looked at each other in confusion.

No, this data is a bit outrageous.

Ninety-eight Iron Harriers died, and seventy-two of them were killed by Su Yun?

What happened to the 186 Song soldiers who died?

Sacrificial offering?
Also, Su Yun was a scholar. How could a scholar lead his own army to fight and kill seventy-two of the most famous Iron Cavalry and Iron Harriers in the world?

Ok?
Ok?
Ok?
Are you sure this isn't a false report of military achievements?
But the heads of these ninety-eight Iron Kites are placed here.

Moreover, this was the credit given by Zhong Yan, the governor of Fuyan Road.

It seems like there shouldn’t be any fake ones, right?

But no matter how I think about it, it doesn't seem right.

Su Yun, a scholar, was able to kill seventy-two Iron Harriers. Then what was the defeat at Sanchuankou? What was the defeat at Haoshuichuan? What was the defeat at Dingchuanzhai? What was the signed Qingli Peace Agreement? What were the 200,000 soldiers and civilians who died in the previous defeat at Yongle City?
Everyone felt mixed emotions as they watched the official crying and laughing.

If this is true, the government's feelings are understandable.

But is this true?
They actually couldn't quite believe it.

Everyone here knows how great a psychological shadow the Western Xia had cast on the Song Dynasty over the past century.

But, can this be believed?
(End of this chapter)