Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

He rode alone and disappeared into the night.

In this situation, his troops are essentially useless, and it will be difficult for them to regroup for one or two months.

Yao Pingzhong pursued the enemy for half a day and finally caught a decent enemy general.

The man stumbled and fell to the ground, shouting in fluent Mandarin, "Don't kill me! My brother is the Imperial Censor, the 'Hot-Spicy Gongji,' and it was my brother who arranged for Ren Dejing's daughter to enter the palace!"

"My name is Hot-Blooded Gongren. I can lead you to attack Huaizhou! Spare me, spare me..."

All Tangut surnames are transliterations, and there are more than a hundred surnames recorded in historical records, official documents, inscriptions, Buddhist scriptures, and official seals.

Having the surname "Hot" is nothing special; there are even people with the surname "Iran."

Of course, among these more than one hundred surnames, several can often be grouped together.

For example, Iran, Yilang, and Yilang actually belong to the same surname.

"Tied!"

Yao Pingzhong gave an order and continued to lead his troops to pursue the routed enemy.

On the desolate wilderness, countless Western Xia cavalrymen fled in all directions, some even losing their bearings.

Sometimes, hearing the sound of horses' hooves from the left would startle them, causing them to turn to the right.

After fleeing for a while, they realized they were running back to Yanzhou City.

At first, they all followed their respective chiefs and herdsmen, but as they fled, they stopped caring about anyone.

No one dared to stop blowing their horns anymore, for fear of attracting the Ming cavalry.

Because blowing the horn means that the unit has not lost its organization and will become a prime target for the Ming cavalry.

Richard dared not blow the horn again, but he still couldn't shake off Wu Lin.

Richard, who had come on a long march, was exhausted and his horse was being pursued closer and closer after he had fled for more than ten miles.

The guards and the Iron Falcons scattered more and more as they ran, with some deliberately turning away from Richard.

"what!"

A scream came from behind, startling Richard, who quickly ducked and sped up. It was one of his personal guards who had been attacked.

"The one with the helmet plume must be a general of Western Xia!" shouted a Ming cavalryman.

"Chasing helmet plume!"

"Chasing helmet plume!"

Shouts came from all directions, and Richard reached out to touch his helmet, finding that it did indeed have a plume on top.

He quickly untied the helmet strap, took off the helmet, and threw it away.

Richard spurred his horse to accelerate again, whipping its rump furiously, no longer caring that the warhorse might die from exhaustion.

It sprinted away at full speed, as if it had wings on its back, almost as if it were about to take off.

No matter how hard Wu Lin urged his warhorse, he couldn't catch up; this was due to the overwhelming difference in quality between their warhorses.

Richard left everyone far behind, including his own personal guards.

He escaped! Richard actually got away!

Wu Lin shouted, "Keep chasing! He can't get far like this; his warhorse will soon be exhausted!"

Richard dared not pause for a moment, and kept galloping wildly on his horse.

After fleeing for an unknown amount of time, as dawn broke, Richard finally stopped whipping his warhorse.

He wanted to slow down and stop gradually.

Chapter 3810 Escape

But his warhorse, without the whip, seemed to have all its strength drained away.

His front legs went weak and he suddenly fell, throwing Richard away.

Richard was dazed and confused after the fall, his head was spinning, and he was in excruciating pain all over his body, unable to stand up.

After a while, he tried to get up by supporting himself with his hands on the ground, but felt a sharp pain in his right arm. He had broken his arm when he fell off the horse.

Richard was sweating profusely from the pain, and with great effort, he managed to untie his armband and shoulder cape with one hand.

Then he removed his armor, taking off the armor on his chest and back, and instantly felt much more relaxed.

He slowly walked towards the horse.

This is a top-quality horse from Ganzhou Horse Ranch.

At this moment, it lay on the ground, convulsing and foaming at the mouth, looking pitifully at its owner.

He definitely wouldn't survive.

Richard's right arm was unable to exert any force, and his left hand drew his sword and pressed it against the horse's neck.

With all his might, he pressed down and spurted blood from the horse's neck. Richard stretched out his mouth and drank the horse's blood.

It relieves the warhorse from its pain and also allows the owner to replenish their strength.

After filling his belly with horse blood, Richard stood in the wilderness, looking around and finding no one there.

He didn't know where he was because he had forgotten which direction he was running.

Fearing that the Ming army would pursue them directly, he even changed direction halfway.

Richard took off all his armor, cut off two pieces of horse meat, put them in his clothes, and headed northeast.

He dared not go west, for even if he did not encounter the Ming army, he would starve to death in the semi-desert region.

Although the east had already been occupied by the Ming army,

But with mountains and water sources, it's not easy to starve or die of thirst, nor is it easy to be captured by the Ming army.

After walking for a whole day, Richard entered the hilly area.

His broken arm has swollen and become much larger.

They rested in a valley at night, and when they woke up, they felt dizzy and had a high fever.

He struggled to get up, but eventually gave up and drifted off to sleep.

In a daze, Richard felt someone calling out.

He struggled to open his eyes, saw a hunter, and exclaimed with delight, "I..."

My throat hurts and my voice is hoarse.

"help me……"

Richard said weakly.

“I… am… Prince Jin… Richard… brother…”

The hunter was overjoyed: "Are you really the Prince of Jin?"

Richard found it difficult to even nod, and blinked before saying, "It's me..."

The hunter stomped down hard, stepping on Richard's broken arm.

"what!"

Richard let out a scream, both shocked and furious, and painfully reached for the sword at his waist.

But he found nothing; his knife was in the hunter's hands.

The hunter laughed, "Perfect, I'll take you to collect the reward."

"If you want to live, don't move. Just let me tie you up. A living Prince Jin is worth more than a dead one."

Richard stopped moving and started trying to divert the other person's attention by asking, "Where is this?"

The hunter said, "Fox Valley."

"So we've arrived at Fox Valley..." Richard said with a sorrowful expression.

When Li Jiqian was defeated and arrived here, Tian Qinzu led his army to attack from Wanjingkou. Li Jiqian was defeated and fled to Dijinze to lick his wounds.

Those were the most destitute days for Li Jiqian.

Can I make a comeback like my ancestors?

"Give me your hand, and behave yourself!" the hunter snapped.

Richard said, "My arm... is broken, I can't use it."

The hunter reached out to pull, and Richard screamed in pain.

Chapter 3811 Is the Prince of Jin Valuable?

Stimulated by the pain, Richard suddenly turned around and attacked, startling the hunter into slashing out with his knife.

The knife struck Richard in the face, instantly knocking him to the ground.

Fearing further mishaps, the hunter delivered a few more blows, killing Richard instantly.

Richard, a renowned general of the Western Xia Dynasty and Prince of Jin, died at the hands of a hunter.

Back then, Liu Fa, the foremost general in the Northwest, was forced by Tong Guan to advance deep into enemy territory with a small force.

During the breakout attempt, he fell off a cliff and broke his leg, only to be killed by a Western Xia grain transport soldier.

Richard had sighed with emotion when he saw Liu Fa's body, and now it was finally his turn.

The hunter, carrying Richard's head, ran quickly towards the nearby Wanjingkou, shouting from a distance, "Don't shoot arrows! Don't shoot arrows! The head of Prince Richard is here!"

Wanjingkou Village had only a few hundred garrison soldiers and civilians.

The garrison soldiers couldn't even understand what the hunter was saying, but the local laborers understood: "General, a great victory has arrived! Outside is the head of Richard, the Prince of Jin of Western Xia!"

The garrison commander was merely a battalion commander of the Fengxiang Prefecture garrison, a low-ranking officer in a second-line unit, who was simply assigned to guard the fortified village at Wanjingkou.

He never expected to achieve any merit; he only hoped the war would end soon.

A human head has actually been delivered to my door!

The garrison commander, accompanied by local laborers, quickly summoned the hunters for questioning.

Then he went to search for Richard's body and sent people to Yanzhou City and Baichi City to report the news.

……

Meanwhile, Wang Cunli waited anxiously for a whole day, but Richard did not return. Instead, he saw the cavalry that had escaped back.

"Our army suffered a crushing defeat."

Where is the Prince of Jin?

"I don't know. Hasn't the Prince of Jin returned yet?"

"Won't the Prince of Jin be captured?"

"..."

The cavalrymen who remained to guard the livestock, and those who gradually fled back, grew increasingly terrified and bewildered.

Suddenly, a chieftain drew his sword and, without warning, took Wang Cunli hostage.

"What are you going to do?" Wang Cunli asked in surprise.

The chieftain said to the other Western Xia soldiers, "The Great Xia is definitely gone. From now on, we can only be loyal to the Liangshan Emperor, otherwise we will not be able to get back our pastures and herdsmen."

"This fellow's daughter is the Empress; let's capture her and present her to the Ming Dynasty soldiers!"

After everyone realized what was happening, they all agreed that it made sense.

Upon learning that he would not die for the time being, Wang Cunli shamelessly said, "I have long wanted to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, please don't kill me, my brothers."

“You escort me to see the Ming generals, and I will lead the Ming army to Xingqing Prefecture to persuade the young emperor to surrender.”

"Once we take Xingqing Prefecture, we will all have made tremendous contributions!"

……

Generals Li Yanxian, Zhong Yanchong, Zhang Xian, and Xiao Heda led their army toward Huaizhou City.