Chapter 540 Spring Thunder
At this time, the battlefield looked very chaotic, and it was indeed very chaotic, but there was an order in the chaos.
That is the battle flag.
In a super battle like this, it is very important to identify the enemy and us. Some people say that it is necessary to tie a towel or identify it from armor. It will work in small and medium-sized battles, but it is not very useful to put it on such a large battlefield.
Not to mention the Western Xia, even the armor of the Song Dynasty was very messy, including iron armor, leather armor, paper armor, and cloth armor. Some even wore the captured enemy armor. Moreover, the sources of the two armies were also very chaotic. The army of the Western Xia came from various foreign and Han tribes in various places in the Western Xia. The same was true for the Song Dynasty, including foreign soldiers, foreign militias, Han people's archers, Pochet army, and horse and infantry guards from all over the country. Therefore, it is not easy to distinguish between enemies and us in terms of accent, appearance, armor, and even weapons.
At this time, formation and battle flags were particularly important. Therefore, on the ancient battlefield, the flags were varied, but not varied, but each army had its own battle flags. In order to distinguish, the surname of the chief general was also standardized.
It is for this situation that the subordinates of each of the three armies always disturb each other and then attack the enemy.
Therefore, once the formation is disrupted, no matter how much advantage the troops have, the three armies will immediately be defeated.
Maybe Liang Yimeng couldn't see it, but Wang Ju could see it. Wang Ju also saw many problems. For example, most of the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty had no practical experience, so they performed very clumsy on the battlefield. Many of them were crossbow soldiers. But now they were not fighting each other against each other, but directly fighting various weapons. Although Wang Ju prepared a lot of knives in advance, because many crossbow soldiers had not practiced using knives before, they felt very awkward to hold the knives in their hands, which somewhat offset the positive effect of morale. Therefore, when the Song army in Dashun City had not rushed over, the Xixia people gradually became orderly from one flies to the other, and moved closer to their respective battle flags, so at that moment, Wang Ju was very worried.
However, as the Song army in Dashun City rushed over, the battlefield reversed again.
In front was the main army buried by Liang Yi, that is, the Xia army who stayed at the city of Rouyuanzhai and had not yet had time to retreat. They were in the front. The one who fought the most fiercely was this part of the Xia army.
Behind were the Xia army that had withdrawn from Rouyuan Village but was transferred back by Liang Yi. And at the beginning of the battle, many Xia army were pouring in from the rear. The arrival of these Xia army once played a role in stabilizing the morale of the army.
But as the war continued, the number of Xia troops pouring in later became less and there should be many Xia troops rushing back from the rear. However, they were far away and the orders were delayed, which caused a time error. Therefore, the number of Xia troops pouring in later was gradually decreasing.
In fact, Wang Ju didn't know that at first Liang Yimeng thought that the Song army had only 20,000 troops and horses attacked Liang Yongneng's troops. So he ordered the troops ten miles ahead to withdraw. Until Liang Yongneng escaped, he reported that there were more than 30,000 and more than 40,000 Song troops, and the Song army in Dashun City also came to kill him. Liang Yimeng then ordered the three armies ahead to withdraw together, and even asked some Xia troops in Anjiang Fort to withdraw for support. But this caused a greater time error.
There were many Xia soldiers behind them, but they were all halfway. Although they were not so far apart, they were just separated by countless mountains, and Wang Ju couldn't see them.
Now this Xia army has also been in a melee, and Yao Xiong and his men have rushed here. Because of the road, the officers and soldiers of Dashun City rushed into the Xia army directly. In this way, Liang Yi buried himself and became a bloody battlefield.
And what was so bad was that Yao Xiong saw the banner of Wang Ju, so he led several battalions of cavalry to rush towards the rear of the Xia army.
Xia Junxian was Liang Yongneng's deserter.
His subordinates were completely broken up, let alone the flag, even the horn was lost.
At first, they fled from the three passages given out by Liang Yi to the rear, and then the Song army came over, and the passage was gone. Therefore, Liang Yi kept calling out the defeated soldiers to find ways to escape to the rear and assemble and reorganize.
If the Song army in Dashun City had not been killed, Liang Yong might have gathered successfully. At that time, Xixia would have had a 60% chance of turning defeat into victory.
Liang Yongneng is gathering and reorganizing his subordinates.
Then I saw Yao Xiong and his men rushing towards the back army. Then Liu Shaoneng and Lin Guangyi also received Wang Ju's order from the left and right, and rushed to the back.
The gathering of rear troops was panicked and then arrived with a fatal kill.
That is, Li Sangou's army was dispatched. After so many days of tragic battles, many Pi Ze died at the hands of the Xixia people. As for how many Xixia people were killed by them, they didn't care. Therefore, everyone was filled with indignation and rushed over.
Although the Song army is not very strong, most of them are fierce foreigners. After so many days of bloody battles, each of them has rich practical experience, so no one will be afraid to fight.
Yao Liulin's three Song troops were like three sharp knives, tearing open three holes and rushing towards the gathering Xia troops. Li Sangou's Song troops directly killed them behind, and this attack became a fatal blow.
Originally, these Xia soldiers were still in shock when they were killed, and they saw four sharp knives from all directions and even tore from behind. Under the strangling of these four huge sharp knives, one comrade after another fell in a pool of blood, and each was so scared that his face looked like a dirt. What's even more terrible is that there is a large area behind, and behind this open area is Anjiang Fort re-occupied by Xixia.
So these Xia soldiers made a spontaneous choice and fled to Anjiang Fort one by one.
"The enemy was defeated and the enemy fled." Yao Xiong immediately roared.
At this point, Yao Xiong has shown his style as a famous general. When he yells at this time, he can be said to be worth 20,000 powerful soldiers.
Moreover, before Yao Xiong could wait for Wang Juqi's order, he turned his horse's head and returned. Lin Guang, Liu Shaoneng and Li Sangou were not bad. He immediately understood and rushed to the central army of Xixia from left and right, and gave up the middle area. Escape, let you escape.
At this time, the enemy's central army gradually became discontinued under the impact of the Song army in Dashun City. Some Xia soldiers saw the rear escape on a large scale, and then heard the Song army shouting, "Let's run away."
Liang Yima also saw this very bad momentum, so he immediately ordered: "I will order the three armies in the rear to escape, and then behead the chief general."
The command was quickly passed to the back.
But it was useless. Liang Yongneng's subordinates in the rear saw that the central army was also running away and fleeing faster. Li Sangou, Yao Xiong, Lin Guang and Liu Shaoneng deliberately killed both sides and returned, leaving a big gap in the middle. After several cooperation, Dou Shunqing and Gao Yongneng spontaneously brought their respective soldiers to both sides and then squeezed them into the middle.
As the Song army kept strangling, more and more Xixia central troops began to flee on a large scale.
Wang Ju looked on the hillside, and it was not until this time that his hanging heart was settled.
The people of Xixia are defeated!
So he stroked his chest and immediately sent an order to lead Lin Guang, Yao Xiong and Li Sangou to lead his subordinates to continue to kill the front army of Xixia, and then meet with Liu Changzuo's army.
When the enemy was completely defeated, Liu Changzuo, Lin Guang, Yao Xiong, Qu Zhen, Yao Yi, Li Sangou, Gu Yongping and Yang Pei were all stayed to rest, and cooperated with the officers and soldiers of the seventh battalion in the rear to capture prisoners of war. All prisoners of war were sent to Rouyuan Village and Liyuan Fort to be imprisoned. Then they cooked. After dinner, Liu Changzuo was the main general and led the three armies to prepare to set off for Xigu Village, but these troops must arrive at Xigu Village tonight.
The remaining soldiers, including Wang Junwan, Yang Wenguang, Dou Shunqing, Gao Yongneng, Gui Meilang Ben, Liu Shaoneng and Zhao Yuqing, continue to pursue these works.
This is Wang Ju intends to cultivate Liu Changzuo.
In fact, there were many famous generals in this battle, but in Wang Ju's heart, the one who wanted to cultivate the most was Liu Changzuo, followed by Miao Su, because these two people not only had the style of famous generals. In fact, they had already had the style of famous generals.
However, because of Yao Yi's kindness, a series of changes occurred in the middle, and Wang Ju had to transfer Liu Changzuo to Fengchuan Village first. The plan changed again and again, and finally Wang Ju successfully joined the two powerful brigades of Wang Junwan and Liu Changzuo. However, despite this, because of the last mobilization, Wang Junwan became popular and Liu Changzuo almost disappeared. Including the battle just now, because of the location of the armies, Liu Changzuo had to be in the palace.
Liu Changzuo himself had no complaints. His personality was so good that he was cheated by Gao Zunyu in history. If it were Wang Junwan, he could listen to Gao Zunyu's mobilization and not immediately take advantage of the victory to attack Lingzhou City. Instead, he led the three armies to watch Lingzhou's defense strengthen, but his three armies were waiting for Gao Zunyu to arrive outside Lingzhou City?
So this time Wang Ju deliberately gave Liu Changzuo a chance to get out of his pocket.
He also intentionally transferred Yang Wenguang's troops to the pursuit army. The reason was simple. Among these generals, Dou Shunqing was the highest, followed by Yang Wenguang. He was the governor of Fuzhou! Then again, Zhou Yongqing and Zong Gu in the west, as well as Gao Yongneng who came to support Yanzhou, and Yan Da who was lurking halfway.
The others are similar, either Yao Shi is more famous than Liu Changzuo, but who made Yao Shi make a mistake this time?
The military order was passed to the generals by flag, but the battle continued.
After receiving the military order, Lin Guang, Li Sangou and Yao Xiong led the three armies back to kill, but because Dou Gao and the other two led the army to squeeze on both sides, they had to lead their subordinates to forcibly kill from the middle and open a bloody road.
But unexpectedly, this forced killing turned out to be a mistake. The morale of the middle army was originally dispersed, and the three Song troops unreasonably entered the middle lane, which immediately made the middle lane Xia army lose all their sense of security.
In just a short while, the Xia army in the middle lane exploded the camp, especially the cavalry, who fled west first, and the remaining infantry also ran west desperately.
A big defeat!
A crushing defeat!
Liang Yi buried in pain and almost wanted to commit suicide by plucking his sword.
It was useless and was doomed to defeat him, so he had to order the three armies to retreat.
At least, the organization of retreat from now on is a little better than the defeat and escape of the entire three armies.
His idea was right, but now there are so many Song troops on the battlefield, including many brave generals, which can easily make him succeed. Wang Junwan and Liu Changzuo continued to lead their subordinates to constantly strangle and divide the Xia army.
Seeing that the central army was almost empty, the Xixia Forehand, who had the most troops, finally lost his last courage. Although Liang Yi buried the order to retreat, it actually turned into a collapse and escape.
Wang Ju immediately ordered the pursuit, and at the same time asked the three armies to surrender and not kill them.
This is the time to force the surrender.
Liang Yongneng may be more lucky this time, he fled in the front. The central army may be more lucky, they escaped faster. But the front army has now become the rear army. They are fleeing in name, but they have been fighting with the Song army.
Countless Xia soldiers saw that they were thrown behind and their companions were constantly shot dead by the Song army, so they had to raise their hands and surrender with their heads. Many cavalry even had to dismount because they were stuck in the crowded crowd and surrendered. Especially those iron kites with heavy suits, they played a great role at the beginning. But because they were at the forefront, they are now the last. The war horses are heavily equipped and cannot escape, so they have to dismount and surrender, or they are shot dead. Just in front of Rouyuan Village, the iron kites brought by Liang Yimeng were broken by 70%!
The village of Rouyuan Village became the biggest highlight of the Qingzhou Battle.
In this battle, both sides invested an astonishing force, Liang Yimang invested almost 120,000 troops, and Wang Ju invested nearly 80,000 troops. If the Xia army in Baibao City was eliminated, Yao Lin and Yanda's Song army would not count, and the troops invested by both sides would also exceed 170,000.
Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, although the number of troops was not as large as the total strength of the two battles of Gaolianghe and Qigou Pass, the entire battle's strength was almost equal, and it was completely reversed. In those two battles, the Song army had an absolute advantage, and the Liao country had a little less force. But now the Song Dynasty had a much smaller force, and the Xixia army had an absolute advantage. The result was also reversed. It was a disastrous defeat of the Song army, and now it was a disastrous defeat of the enemy.
Moreover, no matter what conspiracy is, it is a big and open field battle, with no night attacks or forts, and it is a head-on field collision between two armies.
This battle also rewritten the history of the Song army's foreign war. Since the defeat at the Battle of Qigou Pass, the Song army has rarely invested a large army on a single front battlefield. The troops invested in Dingchuan Fort were already at its peak, but the more troops it invested that time, the heavier the defeat was.
Strictly speaking, the number of troops invested this time is more than that of Dingchuan Fort, and it is a launch on a truly single battlefield.
This is not like the Western Xia. Li Yuanhao led more than 100,000 troops to fight many times, and placed these 100,000 troops on a separate battlefield to suppress the Song army and the Liao Kingdom.
Therefore, the Battle of Rouyuanzhai broke the records of foreign war history since the founding of the Song Dynasty. It also allowed a large number of Song Dynasty soldiers to be tempered in actual combat and enhanced their morale and confidence. At the same time, it also tempered the command, coordination, imagination and cooperation capabilities of a large number of generals. At the same time, it also changed the contempt of the Song Dynasty's people towards the Song Dynasty's officers and soldiers. Good iron is not a nail, and heroes do not join the army, which was reported from the Song Dynasty.
It can even be said that as long as the commanders do not act indiscriminately like Gao Zunyu and Ge Huaimin in the future and mobilize these original soldiers, they can launch a decent battle, and the chance of victory is still more than 70%.
Chapter completed!