Chapter 375 Prince's Meat Grinder (4)(1/2)
Countless flags fluttered in the wind, and under the flags were dense Song troops.
The main force of the Song army came up.
Yeli met Qile and stopped the war horse and stared blankly at the opposite side...
It is difficult to save people. The number of soldiers on the opposite Song army is far above him, but he is better than the cavalry, and the Song army on the opposite Song army is infantry.
Behind the Song army, many people were picking earth to rammed the city. Does the Song army want to build another village here? Yeli Yuqi didn't understand that the Song Dynasty village was Ganxing Fort, Tiansheng Village, Dingchuan Village, and Liufan Castle as the first line, with Huaiyuan Village, Sanchuan Village and Dongshan Village behind. The second line was Pengyang City, Zhenrong Village, Zhangjia Castle, Yangmulong City and Luanggan City.
There are many villages, but due to the terrain, the defense is still not tight.
However, proper cooperation can also play a role in supporting each other.
However, building a village here will become a lonely village, hanging alone outside the Song Dynasty's defense line. It is the same as the Song Dynasty's Fengzhou City. If it is not built, it will be destroyed by its own army sooner or later.
While thinking about the problem, a scholar came out of the Song army camp on a horse and came to the front of the formation and shouted: "I am the gentleman of Zheng, Chang Mingde, and I want to see the King Yeli."
The envoy came and saw what he said. Yeli Yuqi walked out of the army and asked, "What's the matter with your husband to let you see me?"
"My husband said that the prince has been brought into the central army by him, but he gave you two chances. Once, now, if you can defeat our army, your prince will return it to you. If you are defeated, you will still be given a chance. My husband will build a temporary village here, giving you twenty days. My husband and your prince are all in the village. If you can break through, you can not only get your prince, but also get your prince. If you can't break through, you will also hand over your prince to you, but you must agree to my husband's condition."
Yeli was stunned again when he met Qiqi.
This makes no sense.
Although we are building a village, winter comes, the soil is so hard. The time is very short, what village can we build?
He was guarding this village in a daze. He could attack this village by himself, or he could take advantage of the attention of the Song army to focus on this village. He attacked Zhenrong Army, Deshun Army, and even Weizhou City, forcing the main force of the Song Dynasty to attack and rescue this village. At that time, he could calmly annihilate the Song army's troops.
Besides, this place is isolated and helpless, and it is difficult to defend and it is difficult to save. Why did this little prime minister do this?
I didn't understand it for a moment. Asked: "What conditions?"
"King Yeli, I don't know either." Chang Mingde said very politely.
"Can you meet your husband?"
"I don't dare to make decisions about this, so I'll go back and report it."
After waiting for a while, a young man walked from the barracks to the middle of the two armies in his vest, bowed and said, "In Shino Zhenglang, I have met King Nori."
Still very polite.
Yeli Yuqi stared at the young man. His twenties, with a round face, was very similar to the legendary one. He felt a move in his heart. If he rode his horse, could he capture him alive and exchange him for the prince?
However, this thought was quickly stopped. Until now, I can see this person very cunning. He said that he was Zheng Lang. God knows if it was Zheng Lang. If not, the prince was in danger, so he choked and said, "I have met Mr. Zheng. Why did you propose such a condition?"
"Your king led a large army to invade our Fulin Road. At this time, you don't have much force, but if you can allocate a group of reinforcements from Lingzhou and Xingzhou, your troops will be equal. I just want to fight with you openly and let the people of the world take a look. Are you the people of Xixia brave or our Song army brave?"
Be righteous and open?
Yeli would not really believe Zheng Lang's words when he met Qiqi. He turned his mind. What exactly did Zheng Lang want to do? Did he also have his own ideas and take advantage of his main force to attract him to attack Weizhou and other places?
I don’t believe that I can do it because I have all the cavalry in my hands and fast speed. The Song people are all infantry. They have made them attack Tiandu Mountain in surprise and will not be prepared for it in the future? He will stop doing it, and he will seek death if he does it.
Suddenly his eyes lit up: "Did you deliberately attract my Majesty's army and ask him to withdraw from Fulin Road?"
"You've thought too much."
Yeli met Qi Heran, and this son was doing this for this.
The war ahead was not very favorable. The people in Xixia did not know it, but they knew it themselves. Although they had a slight defeat, they had broken Fengzhou City, and there was a shortage of food and water in Linzhou City. The city of Linzhou was broken, and the city of Fuzhou City was isolated and helpless, and they would inevitably be destroyed. With the weakness of the people of the Song Dynasty, the road of Fulin would be like Lingzhou and obtained by Xixia. At that time, even the gate of Hedong of the Song Dynasty would be open like Xixia.
Just because of his actions, Your Majesty will be wasted all his previous efforts.
The idea was good, and his eyes turned around and said, "I can promise you the conditions, but you don't have to set up village forts and levels in Shimenxia."
There are other roads to attack Shimenchuan, but they came from Shimenxia nearest. However, this request was too rude, why could the Song army not set up villages and checkpoints in Shimenxia? Unexpectedly, Zheng Lang smiled slightly and said, "It's up to you."
"What if you don't keep your promise?"
"I am not your king. As for whether I will break my promise, what are some good ideas besides agreeing to me?" Zheng Lang laughed loudly, and after laughing, he said: "So, should I fight now or fight again tomorrow?"
Ye Li Yuqi was depressed until he died. Not only did he make strange demands for him, but he even asked him about the decisive battle. It seemed that he was not here to fight, but to visit the Song realm.
After looking at the Song army, his army was working hard, but the scout came to report that the Song army was still in Haoshuichuan yesterday, and it was at least seventy or eighty miles from Haoshuichuan. The Song army also worked very hard on this journey. And after one night, the Song army could build a simple fortification to increase the difficulty of its own attack. Also, after one night, the Song Dynasty could also reinforce more troops. He thought of a sentence from the Han people, the night was long and the dream was short. He said: "Let's fight now."
"Okay, I'll wait for you." Zheng Lang said and pulled his horse back.
Ye Li was a little regretful when he got Qiqi, and he should have captured this person alive.
Zheng Lang returned to the army, and the old clan complained: "Mr. Zheng, you are too risky."
The Yeli brothers came to power because of Queen Yeli, but these brothers were brave enough to be unstoppable. Zheng Lang was alone in the two armies and talked to him, which was too dangerous.
Zheng Lang smiled and looked at the Sanjun.
He took some risks, but the prince was in his own hands. What bad behavior did Yeli dare to do when he met Qizhen?
But how much morale has it driven?
He said: "Let's start the war."
This battle almost achieved his strategic goal, and Fan Zhongyan unexpectedly sent 10,000 troops to support him, which undoubtedly increased his chances of victory.
Zheng Lang had a little excessive military bias towards Fan Zhongyan. He believed that he was too conservative. But Fan Zhongyan was finally a true scholar and never regretted his desire to serve the country and the people. Although he was conservative in military affairs, Tiandu Mountain had empty troops at this time. This battle could even determine the final direction of the two countries. How could he not send reinforcements?
Zheng Lang was not greedy for me and handed over the army to command by Fan Chunyou and Yang Wenguang.
Since this student has come to the northwest, he will probably not participate in the provincial examination next year. In the next few years, Zhao Zhen stopped the imperial examination. All kinds of major events happened, so he followed his father and wandered around. Fan Zhongyan became old and filial, and wanted to serve, but Fan Chunyou did not participate in the imperial examination. Just in time, taking advantage of this opportunity to add a thick resume to him.
But this army is not here.
Yeli Yuqi had already ordered the army to pounce.
His cavalry was scattered on both wings, and the infantry was in the middle. Yeli Yuqi sent an army to attack the central army, and two armies were sent on both sides. He pointed to his cavalry on both wings, but did not fight.
"Good idea," Zheng Lang sneered and shouted: "Archer is ready."
When it reached fifty steps, the Song army used the horns and commanded the arrows and began to shoot arrows.
Tens of millions of arrow feathers flew into the sky and quickly landed on the rushing enemy cavalry.
They were not the elite of Xixia, and they could not see the heavily armored iron kite. Some were wearing crude armor, while others were only wearing leather jackets. The rain of arrows fell, bringing blood flowers, and Xixia soldiers fell from their horses one after another.
After two waves of arrows, the enemy cavalry in front approached the front army.
He also commanded with a drum, and the crossbowman stepped back ten steps, and the sword and axe man wearing stair armor stepped forward.
It has a heavy protection from the stairs and human armor. It can reduce casualties. The responsibility is to chop horse legs. This is the first time that this tactic was used on a large scale in the history of the Song Dynasty.
A thick knife with a long handle and a big axe fell to the hoofs of the enemy horse.
For a moment, countless war horses screamed, and many enemies were overturned to the ground. However, because of the heavy and thick cemetery armor, the enemy cavalry had very little damage, and many frightened horses were hit by the collision, which caused many Song soldiers to be accidentally injured.
"I'm still not skilled," sighed the old generation.
Zheng Lang was a little confused. This tactic was considered good. But if you want to protect him, you can only wear the stairs armor and the stairs armor, and your body cannot flexibly make things happen. The contradictions cannot be reconciled.
After all, it is still a cavalry. No matter how infantry is, its overall combat effectiveness is not as good as that of cavalry.
However, the unexpected tactics caused heavy damage to the Xixia people.
Yeli Yuqi's eyes turned green and he shouted, "Chong."
Most of them were called out and rushed over.
Zheng Lang continued to control the battle situation remotely, and used his horn to rush the Song army to fight and retreat. The central army pushed out the baggage van and retreated into the baggage van. After the driveway formed a temporary fortification. The Song army stood behind the van array and kept firing arrows.
Yeli looked at it and although some soldiers rushed over from time to time, they rushed over and were cut off their horse's legs, which was insufficient, so they ordered the withdrawal of troops. They retreated first and found a way.
Just now retreating, Zheng Lang shouted: "Attack."
Taking advantage of their retreat, we launched a general attack.
This was the result of his discussion with Lao Zong and Di Qing many times.
As long as the attack is not good, Yeli will inevitably order a retreat when he meets Qi. At this time, the general attack may force the retreating enemy in front to flee.
With soldiers, armor, horses and axemen as the vanguard, the Song army rushed towards the Xixia army. Di Qing and Guo Kui led their troops to encircle the middle on the left and right sides. Seeing that something was wrong, Ye Li came to meet the two left and right sides. However, Di Qing and Guo Kui only distributed a little force to resist and continued to fight the retreating enemy.
The tactics of the Xixia people were the vanguard of the Chonglang Ling. Although they were attacking, they were not attacking the main force of the Xixia army. Now under the attack of the Song army, this defect has been infinitely magnified. The withdrawal finally turned into a fugitive army, and they swept over to Yeli meet Qizhong's army.
Then the Song army arrived.
The Xixia formation was already in chaos under the raid of defeated soldiers. Although the two wings were still fighting hard, the central army quickly lost and fled under the impact of the Song army.
The great defeat began, and even Yeli didn't believe it, so he lost like this.
The sun gradually sets, and finally even the two wings join the escape team.
Three heavy drums and three trombones sounded at the same time. This is the order of the general attack and the continuous attack.
After hearing this order, tens of thousands of Song troops kept killing them all the way.
When they arrived at the mouth of Shimenxia, Yeliyuqi's army finally suffered a large-scale sacrifice.
The area where the battle just now was wide, but when it entered Shimenxia, it became narrower and narrower. Many people did not hesitate to snatch weapons to cut themselves into the canyon first.
In just a while, tens of thousands of people were crowded at the entrance of Shimen Gorge. The Xixia people who entered the canyon fled desperately. No one was in. I wonder if they were using weapons to resist the Song army or rushing in to escape. Even because of the crowding, many tragic scenes of trampling on each other appeared at the entrance of the valley.
Li Lingming closed his eyes in pain and said, "Zheng Lang, you kill me."
"What's the use of killing you? Do you know how many people in Shaanxi are killed by your father?"
To be continued...