Chapter 233 It’s night
The sudden riot behind them made the Western Xia army on the front line lose interest in fighting.

However, with so many people crowded in one place, it’s not easy to quit.

Unless you can swim, you can take off your armor right now and swim to the other side.

This way there might be a glimmer of hope.

of course!

You can’t guarantee how you will escape alive when you lose your large army, your armor, and even your food.

Just the act of crossing countless valleys is enough to kill most non-wild adventure experts with starvation or thirst.

This battle is destined to be a battle that will cost both sides a lot of physical strength.

Zhao Xin ordered his men to advance step by step.

In crowded places, dozens of people would fall down with one shot.

Some were knocked down by being hit by shells, while others were knocked down by being pushed by each other.

The entire battlefield was filled with people scrambling to retreat.

On the side of Zhongyan and Weimingshan…

It is simply not practical to use yourself as a human wall to stop the retreating enemy.

and……

If you forcibly stop the other party from retreating, you may end up being directly dragged into it.

therefore……

Zhao Xin also equipped Zhongyan and Weimingshan with a large amount of caltrops in advance.

Each person brings a string, and there are twenty in a string.

Just scatter them all on the enemy’s retreat route.

If a horse steps on it, it will fall to the ground in pain; if a person steps on it, his foot will limp.

You have to pick them up one by one.

There is no time for that.

So much so that at the end of the battle, Zhao Xin could see that a large number of people died on the caltrops.

In this battle, both sides started fighting at noon and continued until the evening.

It is currently impossible to count how many people were killed.

However, it can be seen that even the color of the Wuding River water has turned red.

There were also many people who were pushed directly into the river.

Drowned alive.

As for Bao Bao, he ate too much, as did the numerous Xixia officials, chiefs and so on.

natural!

In the end, he must have died in the chaos.

……

evening.

Mo Zang arrived in Yinzhou.

They had just arrived in Yinzhou when they learned the sad news from the soldiers who had escaped.

This almost made Mei Zang faint.

“You said the front line was defeated!?”

“We’ve lost! There are only soldiers fleeing outside!”

“Has Baobao eaten too much?”

“I don’t know. He may have died in the chaos.”

“How did this fail?”

After listening to this, the uncle of the emperor, Mo Zang Epang, also said: “It must be that Bao Bao has eaten too much and has been greedy for merit and has been reckless!”

To be honest, I was a little disappointed that I didn’t hide Epang when I heard the news that Baobao Chiduo might have died in the battle.

Because he had already made up his mind that when the time comes, he would ask his sister’s ex-husband, Li Shougui, to kill the couple together.

By the time……

He could say it was a murder of passion and put all the blame on Li Shougui.

Although he was already the uncle of the king of Xixia, every family has its own rules and every country has its own laws. It was still difficult for him to directly take over the position of his sister and nephew.

This is mainly because the current military system of Western Xia is more or less similar to the system of Jiedushi.

There were twelve military divisions in Western Xia, none of which were subordinate to each other.

Since he had no possession of any property and was not yet capable of fully controlling all the military affairs, he could only continue to support his sister and nephew.

but……

None of this matters nowadays.

Now Bao Baochiduo has led so many soldiers out, but suffered a defeat, and even their most elite Iron Harriers of Western Xia have no news now, and it is estimated that there is a high probability that they are dead.

Such sad news!
How to deal with it next is the key!
This might even be dangerous for myself.

of course!

Mo Zang Epang didn’t think that he would be like Bao Bao who ate too much.

Baobao eats a lot and apart from looking good, he actually has no abilities at all.

It is only natural that we would suffer such a defeat!

He took this opportunity to see if he could take the military power from his sister.

So he said, “Sister, you don’t know how to lead troops in battle. Besides, if you hadn’t trusted Bao Bao too much, we wouldn’t have suffered such a defeat.”

Mei Zang didn’t treat his brother well, and interrupted him directly, then asked everyone: “What do you think should be done next?”

Someone said, “I think the first thing to do is to quickly gather the soldiers and send people to understand the situation. If we can fight, then we can fight. If we can’t fight, I think… we should ask for peace as soon as possible.”

Mei Zang also took the lead and said, “This battle was caused by you, brother!”

Mei Zang Epang wanted to say something, but finally swallowed it.

after all……

People did use this as an excuse to beat them.

But then Mo Zang Epang said: “Since this matter was caused by me, please let me lead the troops and capture the second son of the Song official with my own hands!”

Mei Zang thought about it and couldn’t say no.

Since the Song Dynasty has already attacked.

There is absolutely no reason for me to surrender.

In fact, surrender and peacemaking would be fine. After all, it was not the first time that Western Xia had asked for peace with the Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom, etc.

mainly……

What Zhao Xin said to her was really infuriating!

If I, the great Queen Mother of Western Xia, were to be insulted by you like this and I did nothing, then where would my dignity as the Queen Mother be placed in the future?
However, Mei Zang also understood that her brother definitely had no good intentions.

Perhaps he hoped to establish his prestige in front of the people of Western Xia through this battle.

Then he said, “Since you are so confident, please bring your troops to capture the enemy!”

Mei Zang Epang also understood that her sister was very wary of her. However… she didn’t think about it. If it weren’t for her original operation, how could she have the opportunity to become the Queen Mother of Western Xia?
A few days ago, not only was there an issue of occupying arable land, but he also wanted to marry his daughter to his nephew, but was rejected by the other party.

This woman!
It’s really a bit ungrateful!
After becoming the empress dowager, she really thought that Western Xia belonged to her and did not even allow her brother to have any say over her.

Mei Zang Epang replied directly: “Yes!”

then……

He went outside, gathered his troops, and planned to capture Zhao Xin early the next morning.

Zhao Xin naturally sent out scouts as well.

On this side of the Song army.

By the evening…

The generals sat together again.

I saw that Zhong Yan was covered in blood.

The situation on Weimingshan’s side was not bad either. The right hand holding the axe had its base chopped off and was being bandaged simply with a piece of dirty rag.

The two sides sat facing each other.

It seems like no one looks down on anyone else!

But soon…

Zhong Yan took the lead in extending an olive branch. He tore off a piece of clean white cloth, handed it over, and said, “You performed well on the battlefield today. Clean your wound and bandage it properly.”

(End of this chapter)