Chapter 764: Soldiers Descend on the City
Yeli Wangrong no longer dared to despise the small fortress on the road ahead, the lesson of Dingchuan Village is in front of him, the party has a common saying: you must not step on the same bubble of cow and fall, in view of this, Yeli Wangrong ordered to stop advancing, and called the generals to discuss countermeasures.
"King, the terrain here is flat and open, and the river crossing here is also hundreds of steps wide, not as narrow and steep as Dingchuan Village, the last general thinks that there is no need to think about it at all, and the Song army just wants to use bows and arrows to block my iron cavalry, only to order the soldiers to suppress the Song people's bows and arrows with strong crossbows, and after the river is crossed, it is hand-to-hand combat, and the Song people only have one way to disperse at that time." An adjutant general said.
A word to wake up the dreamer, Yeli Wangrong secretly ashamed, a small defeat actually made his brain full of wisdom stained, the terrain here and Dingchuan Village are very different, the Song army can neither be condescending, nor can use tricks such as fire oil, the only concern is nothing more than the bow and arrow on the walled city and the other side of the river; But the terrain is so open, ten thousand horses can rush to the other side in an instant, once the melee Song army can resist? The Song army blocking on the opposite bank of the river was actually not a matter of concern; A little trickier is nothing more than the shrinking Song army in Liu Liaobao.
Yeli Wangrong instantly drew up a battle plan, first sent archers to suppress remotely when crossing the river, and then ordered the cavalry to rush across the river, tens of thousands of archers only had to suppress the tea kung fu, and the cavalry team that charged by himself had already crossed the river smoothly, and then it was time to harvest.
The simplest way and the most effective way is not to suppress with bows and arrows, ten thousand cavalry charge, and step on the other side to flatten, all of which are caused by Dingchuan Village, which makes people confused and becomes forward-looking.
Thinking about this, Yeli Wangrong was in a good mood, and immediately ordered the arrangement, half an hour later, the suppressed archers were all in place, and the charging horse team that was ready to cross the river had been in full array, the archers first tried to shoot a round, the scene of ten thousand arrows was extremely spectacular, the arrows were like a huge dark cloud covering the entire sky of Liu Liaobao, the terrifying arrow howling stopped, and then looked at the north wall of Liu Liaobao of the Song army was full of wings, and the whole city seemed to become a sea urchin.
Yeli Wangrong is very satisfied with this effect, although there is a feeling of cutting ants with a machete, but Yeli Wangrong doesn't care about this; What is even more satisfying is that the Song army on Liu Liaobao did not even shoot an arrow back to show resistance, and the Song army on the city head also shrank and did not know where to go, and the Song army on the wall was like a branch in winter, which was washed away by this round of test firing.
"Hahaha, this group of Song pigs, that's just it." Yeli Wangrong laughed, "All ready, the archers kept suppressed, and the cavalry immediately charged, leveling Liu Lianbao, killing all the Song troops, leaving no one behind." ”
As soon as Yeli Wangrong's order was issued, the whole army immediately moved, the three sounds of the horn were the beginning of the charge, nearly 8,000 cavalry divided into three teams urged the mounts to rush to the opposite bank, the moment the horses' hooves stepped into the river, the archers began to fire continuously, and for a time the sky over the river bank seemed to be flying thousands of locusts, one by one flapping their wings and swooping straight to the opposite bank; After three or four rounds of arrow rain, the charging cavalry had already crossed the center of the river, and the Song army on the opposite bank was suppressed without the power to resist, and even half an arrow was not fired to block it.
Seeing that the cavalry front had stepped on the ground on the opposite bank, and the archers' arrow suppression had stopped, he was afraid of accidentally injuring his own people; However, the Song army still did not take advantage of this gap to shoot even a single arrow.
"No, could it be that Song Jun was shot to death? Still is......? "Yeli Wangrong was afraid that there would be some terrible situation on the other side of the river all of a sudden, so many charges, such an easy breakthrough without hurting a single person is the first time to see, the more this is the more bottomless in his heart.
"Report ......," shouted a cavalryman who hurried back from the front.
"What's going on? What about Song Jun? Yeli Wangrong said urgently.
"Report to the king, there is no Song army on the other side, and there is no figure."
"What?" Yeli Wangrong can't say whether he should be relieved or regretful, although it is more likely that Song Jun was frightened by himself and fled without a fight, but he always felt unhappy; After arranging so much time and spending more than 100,000 arrows, the opposite side was actually just an empty village, and the Song army that was originally on the wall of the wall quietly withdrew as early as when they arranged the formation, and they were worried for a long time; Suddenly, he had a feeling that he was being played.
The Song army in Liu Liaobao was indeed on the way back to Weizhou, of course, this was not the idea of Zhang Jiong, the Song general guarding Liu Liaobao, but a strict order sent by Su Jin.
The news of the loss of Dingchuan Village and Ge Huaimin's sacrifice was delivered to Weizhou City an hour ago, and Su Jin suddenly realized that it was meaningless to send troops to defend in such two walled cities, although it may have the effect of frustrating the enemy's edge, but the slightest carelessness would lose the lives of thousands of soldiers; Although Ge Huaimin's death was tragic, it was his personal choice after all, and Su Jin didn't have time to sigh and sigh, what he cared about was the fate of Liu Liaobao next.
Dingchuan Village has a favorable location to defend, can cause a certain amount of damage to the enemy, but Liu Liaobao is absolutely not good, Dingchuan Village lucky to escape more than 2,000 Song troops have fled to Liu Liaobao at this moment, Liu Liaobao has more than 5,000 soldiers on the front line, once so many people are eaten by the Xia army, it will be a great blow to the morale of the Song army.
Jingtai, who originally suggested that the garrison in Liangzhai was also aware of this problem, and as soon as Su Jin said it, he immediately suggested that the army guarding Liu Liaobao should be withdrawn quickly, so Su Jin quickly ordered, and Feiqi sent someone to issue an order to let the Liu Liaobao garrison rush back immediately.
Su Jin was worried that it was too late, Dingchuan Village was only ten miles away from Liu Liaobao, and the enemy army could reach Liu Liaobao without a meal, but fortunately, Dingchuan Village delayed long enough, so that Xia Jun was really busy and rectified for a while, and when it was nearly noon, Xia Jun rested and ate some dry food and water and planned to rush to Weizhou City in one go, which delayed some time.
When the herald cavalry arrived at Liu Liaobao, it was when the Xia army was preparing to charge, although Zhang Jiong was full of reluctance, but the military order was difficult to disobey, he still quickly ordered to evacuate; When the Xia army charged to occupy the opposite bank, the Song army's brigade was rushing towards Weizhou on the three-mile road to the south.
Yeli Wangrong ordered people to pursue immediately, and was shot by hundreds of horsemen after the Song army's 2,000 breaks, and when the Song army's 2,000 people were finally killed, the Song army that fled in front had already run without a shadow; Yeli Wangrong can not continue to order people to chase and kill to the end, first, I don't know if there is an ambush ahead, a small force is too deep to rush into danger for fear of danger, second, Weizhou is approaching, the left army led by himself is just a way in the army, must not rush forward, so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy, after experiencing the two battles of Dingchuan Village and Liu Liaobao, Yeli Wangrong did restrain his contempt for the Song army, but these two contacts, both sides lost more than 2,000 soldiers, but the Song army was a small force of their own 40,000 cavalry, psychologically, the Xia army has already lost a battle.
At the end of the afternoon, the 37,000 cavalry of the left army of Yeli Wangrong finally arrived at the wide area outside the north gate of Weizhou, looking from afar, the city of Weizhou is horizontal, the city wall is as high as several zhang, and the moat is several zhang wide, the grass does not grow on the sandy land outside the north gate, and the traces of the newly turned soil are visible, it is conceivable that the ground must be a pit innumerable, and the thorns and thorns inside are waiting for momentum.
More than 80,000 people of the right army led by Yeli and Li Yuanhao also arrived one after another, and the entire north gate of Weizhou was ten miles away, and people suddenly neighed and shouted and waved flags.
From evening to dawn the next day, the Xia army was camped in the whole army, after a night of hustle and bustle, when the dawn illuminated this battlefield that was about to be sprinkled with blood, the Song army on the head of the city was surprised to find that the place that stretched for miles beyond the north of the city was all occupied by black tents, and the farthest end of a gorgeous golden tent was particularly eye-catching under the hard lining of a group of black tomb-like tents, the tent was surrounded by flags, and a large golden military flag was erected on the top of the tent, and the wind was blowing. Surrounded by double dragons, the big red character 'Li' is bright like blood.
Everyone was keenly aware that this was the Xia Lord Li Yuanhao who came personally.