The Great White Gao Guowu was smooth, and in the early morning of the next day, he also learned the news that Gao Yu's army had fallen into a trap.

That's right, you fell into a trap! At least in the eyes of the Wushu Qianshun, Gao Yu has fallen into a trap and has become the prey of more than 100,000 Western Xia-Khitan coalition forces!

This trap was not original by the two brothers Qianshun and Chage. It was left behind by their very awesome ancestors Li Mingde and Yuan Hao's father and son. When the father and son went against the Song Dynasty, they actually prepared for the worst. Therefore, the nest was moved from Xiping Mansion (Lingzhou) on the east bank of the Yellow River to Xingqing Mansion, which relies on the Yellow River and the desert.

On the issue of how to defend Xingqing Mansion, Mingde and Yuan Hao also have their arrangements. If the enemy is coming from the east, then it is the middle and lower strategy to defend by the river or the city, and the best strategy is to place the battlefield on the edge of the desert - 400 li of Hanhai or 200 li of desert (in the case of Yanzhou Baichi City occupied by the Song army, only 200 li of the desert that the Song army needs to cross) is not so easy to walk. As long as the water source in the desert can be destroyed in advance, the invading army can be left in a predicament of water shortage.

Even if the enemy brought enough water, he would not be able to hold out for a few days. So Mingde and Yuan Hao planned to block the enemy at the edge of the desert and prevent them from approaching the Yellow River to get water.

Blocking them for a few days and running out of drinking water for the enemy army will allow them to collapse on their own......

The plan was made by the ancestors, and it seemed foolproof, so Qianshun naturally had to follow it. Therefore, he consulted with Yeluyutera and placed the large army camp on the edge of the Hanhai Desert. Moreover, a thirty-mile company camp was set up, which happened to be on the nearest route from Baichi City to the Yellow River.

Of course, you can get around, but you have to walk dozens of miles in the desert to make a detour...... It's almost another day's journey.

"Vulture, it seems that Gao Yu is nothing more than this, he can break it in one battle!"

It was Taishi Shangshu who spoke, and Liang Guogong was named Anhui. He is the third person in Western Xia at the moment, second only to the Wushu Qianshun and the King of Jin, and the Dutong Army Chage.

However, he is much older than the brothers Qianshun and Chago, and he is in his forties this year. After the fall of the Liang group, as an old-timer in the Western Xia royal family, he was reused by Qianshun and served as Taishi Shangshuling, that is, the prime minister of Western Xia.

"You still have to be careful, it's a high man after all!" The privy envoy of the Southern Court of Da Liao, Yelu, was also in the tent of Qianshun. He seemed very cautious - after watching the battle of Qin Wangchuan live a month ago, Yeluyut was really a little scared.

Because the combat effectiveness displayed by the Song army on the battlefield of Qin Wangchuan is clearly above the ordinary Khitan generals!

Moreover, Qin Wangchuan's Song army was not the most powerful. In the battle of Mingtang River, the 500 armored cavalry of the people destroyed the 1,000 armor of the leather room army, and also took the tens of thousands of troops of the Heqing army for a while.

Such an elite is still in the hands of a famous general like Gao Yu, and it is always good to be cautious.

"The old county king, relax," the Wushu Qianshun smiled, "This time we have more than 100,000 troops, and there are camps to rely on, which is really foolproof." And there are also the 30,000 Khitan elite pressure formation of the old county king, which is scared and scared to death! ”

Gao Yu is not afraid! Jeruot said in his heart, "It is this king who is afraid!" This king has 30,000 "Khitan Heavenly Soldiers" who can't fight, but he can't let Gao Yu remove the tiger skin, otherwise both Bu Bu and Jurchen will have to rebel! In addition, it is not possible to let the party members know that the elite soldiers of the Khitan have long been unable to fight...... Otherwise, Qianshun can be in Kaifeng Mansion!

Thinking of this, Jeruot rubbed his beard and pretended to say, "Good! This king will take 30,000 sons to the vultures to suppress the formation! So you can go for it with confidence! ”

"Then thank you to the old king." How did the vultures know that the 30,000 horses brought by Yelumut were all wastewood? He only knew that with the "Khitan Dad" to support him, Gao Yu's family was bound to lose!

Just thinking of this, a commander of the Liuzhi Forbidden Army came in from outside, saluted the Wushu Qian, and then reported: "Wushu, the spy came to report that Song Gou's soldiers and horses had arrived thirty miles away. ”

"Hehe, it's so fast!" The vulture, Qianshun, smiled and said to Yeluyut, "Old county king, do you want to go with the widow to watch the battle?" ”

"Okay!" Yeluate touched his beard, "The old man will go with the vultures to see the ranks of the Song army...... They've been walking 170 miles in the desert, and it's not easy! I don't know if the soldiers and horses of Gao Yu can be easy to understand? ”

……

Under Gao Yu's Xuanfu Shuaiqi, the army was rumbling, with more than 30,000 cavalry soldiers, together with auxiliary troops, that was quite a vast lineup. Not to mention adding so many horses, camels, and carts. In order to save horsepower, except for the rangers who were covering on the left side of the army, the rest of the cavalry and generals, including Gao Yu, now dismounted and walked. In addition, except for a small number of warriors who were ready to meet the enemy at any time, the other soldiers did not wear armor, but walked in cloth.

However, such an army, which had no one to ride a horse and most of them to wear no armor, still had an air of solemn silence. In particular, the whole army almost understood that they were put to death, and behind them was a vast desert, and there was absolutely no water source. And there was not much drinking water left with them, and it was impossible for them to return the way they came.

Oh, in fact, the military commander has already made arrangements! Returning halfway through, the minmen would re-enter the desert with shochu (a low-alcohol liquor) and place it at a designated location for the army to drink when they returned.

But this arrangement is a military secret for the army that is about to come out of the desert! Only high-ranking generals and whims know.

And after the army entered the desert, the leading officers at all levels repeatedly told the soldiers - they would either overcome or die of thirst!

Therefore, this is a large army that thinks it is a place of death, and there is also a commander who thinks he is in a place of death-the Great Song Xingling Xuanfu Envoy, who is in charge of the military of Goushuofang, Yanyan, Huanqing, Jingyuan, Xihe, and Hexi, and is also a member of the Privy Council.

For him, defeat is certainly death. But if you win, I'm afraid it's like you're on the edge of the abyss, in short, it's so dangerous!

"Shuai Xuan, find the military flag of the Liao people!"

Suddenly, someone shouted, Gao Yu turned his head to look, and saw a military plane driving a horse galloping from the front, he was sent by Li Yongqi to explore the enemy camp with the scout scout, and he was carrying a telescope on his back!

The visitor followed Gao Yu's banner and found Gao Xuanfu, then turned it off from his horse and reported: "There are Khitan military flags in the enemy camp, including flying eagles, flying tigers, flying bears, and the sun, moon and stars. ”

Gao Yu snorted: "The army of the Liao people has arrived!" ”

"Xuan Shuai, his subordinates also discovered the king flag of the West Thief!"

Gao Yu nodded, "Okay, the thief leader Qianshun is also here...... Looks like we're going to fight to the death here! ”

He paused, "Can we set up camp?" ”

"It's time to set up camp," Li Yongqi said, "it's still early, if you let the army rest for a day, you can go into battle at dusk." ”

Gao Yu nodded.

After all, his army had traveled about 170 miles into the desert, and it was still summer! The consumption of physical strength can be imagined, and if you don't rest well, you won't be able to fight at all.

"How much water is left?"

"It's enough to last 2 days."

Gao Yu took a breath of stuffy air and shook his head: "Then let everyone drink freely...... At dusk, the army will be sent to a decisive battle, and if you can win, you will have as much water as you want tomorrow! ”

Wang Yu on the side suddenly asked: "Xuan Shuai, are you going to cut off the water for a battle?" ”

Gao Yu was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes!" It's a battle to break the water...... Zhengchen, Yongzhi, let's go with a certain to watch the battle, and see where to fight after dusk? ”

……

"So many spears!?"

"Is that an army of tens of thousands? It looks like 100,000 soldiers! ”

"yes...... And it's as neat as it gets! ”

At the same time, under the escort of the Liuzhi Forbidden Army, the Wushu Qianshun, the Taishi Shangshu Lingwei Ming, and the Khitan Old County King Yeluhute were all a little dumbfounded.

Because they saw the tips of countless spears, scattering a chilling light in the sunlight!

Anyone who knows about the situation of the Song army knows that there are not many hand-to-hand fighters in the Song army, and they like to shoot arrows. A hundred people, that is, seven or eight to a dozen or so, were armed with spears.

So counting the tip of the spear, you can also know the number of the Song army. And all the information they got before said that the soldiers and horses under Gao Yu's command were tens of thousands, and the soldiers were at most thirty or forty thousand. That is, there are 4000 spears in the top sky.

But now, the boundless tip of the gun is at least 10,000! Could it be that Gao Yu brought more than 100,000 soldiers?

Moreover, those spears look very neat, not at all like walking 170 miles into the desert. Or to put it another way, it was hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers who walked 170 miles in the desert in the summer heat and still had high morale.

Is that still a hair? Hurry up and get down on your knees and call Daddy!

"Report to the vultures, the old county king, this high-ranking soldier is different from the ordinary Song army, especially capable of hand-to-hand combat, with a lot of spears, swords and shields, at least some of the soldiers are fancy clothes, and there is no divine arm bow."

Xiao Heda, who spoke, also followed Qianshun out of the camp today. He came with Yeluyut, because he had fought many battles with Gao Yu's Sanzhi Forbidden Army and knew the situation of the Sanzhi Army, so he sent Chage to be a military adviser.

"Fancy dress?" Yeluyer frowned, "And you're especially good at hand-to-hand combat!?" ”

This is not good! Archery is fine, why hand-to-hand combat? How barbaric? Yeluyu pondered, this is the army of the Han people? The Kereh tribe on the grassland didn't dare to fight hand-to-hand - the Kereh tribe didn't have armor or spears, and they fought hand-to-hand - why was the Han army particularly capable of hand-to-hand combat? That's a nuisance! When the time comes, don't let the armored cavalry of the Khitan let the Han pikemen chase after them...... No, you have to be careful!