Chapter 285 Royal Driver's Expedition Sacrifice Flag

On the 16th of the first month of the third year of Yongxi, the people of Daizhou rushed into Yanmen Guancheng one after another, stayed on the road, and shed tears to see their families on the northern expedition. On this day, countless people shed tears, and the eggs and dried food prepared for the soldiers were randomly stuffed into the hands of the soldiers. Whether they knew it or not, countless people waved their hands, hoping that their father-in-law Husband, his son could see himself again, that's all. Yang Ye led the Yang family's general out of Yanmen Pass and followed Pan Mei to Huanzhou.

On this day, the three-way army deployed by Zhao Jiong began to go on an expedition. The east road was deployed by Cao Bin as the former army of Youzhou Road. Cui Yanjin was the deputy and led more than 100,000 troops. From the flat and open terrain of Xiongzhou and Bazhou, it marched northward in the direction of Gu'an and Zhuozhou. In addition, Mixin was the capital of the Mabu army in the northwest of Youzhou. Deploy and lead a force to sail to Zhuozhou through the new city. The middle road was deployed with Tian Chongjin as the capital of Dingzhou Road, leading tens of thousands of soldiers to Dingzhou and flying foxes in the north to attack Weizhou. On the West Road, Panmei was deployed in Yun, Ying and Shuo Road, and Yang Ye was deployed as the deputy capital. He led the army out of Yanmen Pass from Hengshan, Daizhou, and captured Huan, Shuo, Ying and Yunzhou.

On the east road camp, Cao Bin proudly looked at the 100,000 army in front of him. He was full of ambition. The three armies were the largest army of his own, as many as 130,000 people. Although the whole army had been marching in a flat and open place, he was not afraid at all, as if this 130,000 army could crush everything. Looking at the neat military appearance, he seemed to see the scene of Zhao Jiong's successful contribution to Youzhou soon.

At this moment, suddenly there was a severe scolding from the rear, and slowly, bursts of suona music came. Immediately, hundreds of guards with long halberds quickly came forward in two rows, pulling the army's cadets open a road, and slowly. In front of them were two bamboos, followed by six music pipes, four seven-hole flutes, two sheng, two gongs, two cloud gongs, a guide drum and a pair of board. In order, there are four imperial staffs, four Wuzhuan, Ligua, Wogua, Xing and Yue, ten five-color golden dragon flags, ten five-color dragon poles, ten double dragon yellow ball fans, ten yellow Kowloon umbrellas, and a Kowloon crank yellow Hua cover. After that, ten ministers with knives opened the way, and one behind them came slowly. After a light step, two sword guards Standing around, followed by ten gunmen, ten knives and ten archers.

In front of the army, there were bursts of elegant melodies. Looking up, there were sixteen bronze horns, eight of each, eight suona, followed by two cloud gongs, two dragon flutes, two flat flutes, two music pipes, two sheng, four copper drums, two gold, two "copper dots" and other ancient instruments. .

As soon as Cao Bin saw this situation, he knew that it was Zhao Jiong's personal expedition. He quickly turned over and got off the horse, stood respectfully in front of Luan's car, and said in a loud voice, "Cao Bin, see the emperor."

"Love you, don't be polite. Today is the day when I raise my eyebrows. I must come and visit my soldiers in the Song Dynasty." Zhao Jiong smiled and slowly walked down gently. He helped Cao Bin with a smile. Then he took a few steps forward and said, "Come on, take me to see my excellent soldiers of the Song Dynasty!"

"I take the order! Please come here with the emperor." As Cao Bin spoke, he led Zhao Jiong to the battalion. At the same time, the first four and four people surrounded Zhao Jiong to prevent a sneak attack.

Cao Bin stretched out his hand and shook his finger and smiled at Zhao Jiong, "Your Majesty, this is my elite in the Song Dynasty. The infantry phalanx. Although the iron horse of Liao is fierce, it can't cross my infantry phalanx in the Song Dynasty. Even on this plain, as long as I order the infantry to form a formation, I dare to protect it. It is proved that those Liao people's horses can only stay in front of my Song infantry. Although the Liao people are not weak immediately, they only need to restrain their ** horses, and they can't make too much momentum. When they get off the horse, the number of people is too small, and naturally they can only be eaten by my army of the Song Dynasty.

This side is the cavalry of my Song Dynasty. Although the number of cavalry in the Song Dynasty is far less than that of the Liao people at this moment, their horses are skillful, their riding and shooting is not weak, and they can still fall behind the front of the Liao people. If they are asked to command, they will definitely be able to enve out the enemy's back road at the fastest speed, cut off the enemy's food and grass, and let them The enemy retreated without a fight.

When Zhao Jiong heard this, he immediately waved his hand and smiled and said, "I am really strong in the Song Dynasty. I am very relieved, but in the past, when I fought against Liao, I have also observed on the battlefield. The Liao cavalry charged, and the power is not weak. It is not that I have doubts the power of my Song Dynasty infantry, but that I have not been to the battlefield. Some things can't be proved. ."

Cao Bin smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this expedition is all my elite field troops and siege troops, and this time it is the infantry troops of our field troops that meet the enemy on the plain. Most of them were born in the north. They are of excellent individual soldiers and equipped with the most sophisticated crossbows. Emperor, please have a look." After saying that, he immediately ordered a phalanx, "First phalanx, listen to my order, shoot 50 feet to the southeast!"

Suddenly, the first row of infantry in the first phalanx held crossbows and shot in the southeast. As soon as the arrows were fired, they half squatted down so that the second row of soldiers could shoot together. In this way, the ten platoons took turns to shoot in unison, and there was no lack of coordination.

Looking at the flying arrow rain, Cao Bin smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this crossbow is fast and can shoot directly without pulling the bow. It is not weak in power and has a long range. I'm afraid that the cavalry of the Liaoning army has been damaged most of it before they rushed to the front. The so-called charge is not enough. Even if you charge forward, the armor on our Song infantry is 122 catties, which is enough to withstand the iron horse of the Liao army!"

"Okay, okay! I said that it was still effective for me in the Song Dynasty to restrain the cavalry of Liao with infantry. Zhao Taifu, in the past, you said that there was a battle in the plain. I'm afraid that the Song Dynasty will be weaker than the other party in arms. Since ancient times, the cavalry has restrained the infantry, but today, I want to let Daliao see that the infantry of the Song Dynasty will defeat his cavalry of the Liao to death.

A trace of helplessness flashed in Zhao Pu's eyes, but he still bowed his fist and said, "What the emperor said is that in this Northern Expedition, our army is full of momentum and well-equipped. It is a great opportunity to expand the territory and promote our country's prestige. The emperor is far-sighted, and naturally can talk about these times that ordinary people and other ordinary people can't predict. With the emperor is here, the Song Dynasty It will be won."

Zhao Jiong was very happy to see that Zhao Pudu, who had opposed his Northern Expedition, nodded and agreed. He looked at these soldiers and slowly said slowly, "In the past, Taizu had a plan and could draw a map to command the front-line generals. I am very longing to attack the city and plunder the land in Japan, and I will also use this method to prove the power of my Song army!"

Cao Bin was frightened when he heard that Zhao Jiong was going to command the battle by himself, but he still said respectfully: "The emperor is wise and martial arts. Our army will definitely be able to attack and be invincible under the guidance of the emperor. Finally, it will seize the 16 states of Youyun and let the Liao people see the flag of the Song Dynasty. Run around."

Zhao Jiong nodded with satisfaction and suddenly whispered to Cao Bin, "General Cao, you have also been a meritorious official who has followed me in the Song Dynasty for many years, but I haven't made any achievements over the years, and I don't blame you, but this time, I have concentrated all the elites in your hands. I hope you can make some achievements and don't let me do it again. It's chilling." Speaking of that, he laughed loudly and said, "I'm very happy today. Come on, Zhao Taifu, come and have a drink with me." After saying that, turn around and leave.

Zhao Pu slowly followed him and smiled, "I can't drink. The emperor still needs to let the old minister do it later." While talking, he left with the emperor with the eight guards.

Looking at Zhao Jiong's departure back, Cao Binshang was still holding his fists in place. He muttered, "I, thank you for your kindness." Although it is a great responsibility to hand over all the elites to him, it gives him the opportunity to build the greatest military exploits. Therefore, he is very grateful to Zhao Jiong's trust in him.

"Dad, the emperor has left. Let's go back to the camp quickly. It's windy here. Don't catch a cold." A young man came freely, but Cao Cong, who was wild on the Yanmen Guancheng a few days ago.

Cao Bin looked at his son lovingly and smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. Although Dad is old, he is still very strong. Alas, Dad also hopes that this Northern Expedition can be successfully completed. In this way, your future road will be paved, and Dad can also go at ease. Otherwise, if... Alas..." Before the expedition, Although he still has thousands of doubts and worries in his heart, as the commander-in-chief, he dares not say unlucky words at will.

Cao cong smiled and said, "Kong'er knows that Dad is the most brave in the battle, much more powerful than the so-called Yang Invincible. Dad just doesn't want to take action."

Unexpectedly, Cao Bin did not answer Cao Ceng's words. He looked at the sky and said, "The time is coming. Come on, Jinger, it's time to sacrifice the flag."

Cao Cong said "um", but he didn't care much. In the past, he didn't know how many times he had seen the sacrificial flag, so he was not interested. However, this time, as one of the generals of this expedition, he had to go to the sacrificial flag. He had no choice but to come to the corner of the open space with Cui Yanjin.

is still an empty and tasteless oath. Although Cao Bin spoke passionately on the stage and the officers and soldiers under the stage also heard **, Cao Cong's heart is very clear. Cao Bin is just for military achievements, while the soldiers under the stage are for a living. For Song Liwei, such words have never been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Of.

Immediately, the cannon was fired three times. Cao Bin pulled out his sword, directly cut off the heads of pigs, cattle and sheep, and respectfully offered the sacrifices in front of the military flag.

"May the gods bless my success in the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty, and may the gods bless my Cao family to be glorious forever. Cao Bin is here again to thank all the gods!"

In the distance, a cold wind slowly blew, and the general's flag sounded. At this moment, the 130,000 troops on the east road have embarked on the road of the Northern Expedition!