The news of the attack on the back road spread to Gao Yongnian and the seed master in Zhenqin City as soon as possible.

The reason why the news spread so quickly was because the Hexi Army built more than a dozen beacon towers between Shuibo City and Zhenqin City. The beacon fire ignited one after another, and it was just a blink of an eye, and the Western Army of the Great Song River, which was facing off with the Western Xia army around Zhenqin City, knew that there was trouble on the back road.

In fact, Gao Yongnian and the Seed Master were aware of it two days ago. The enemy army under his nose has carried out a large-scale mobilization, and if the Hexi Army knows nothing, then there is no need to fight this battle at the moment, and it will be lost at all. However, Gao Yongnian and the seed master were not aware of the specific movements of the western thief. This is because on the battlefield of Qin Wangchuan, the cavalry of Western Xia was superior to the Song army in both quantity and quality. As long as they make a big move, they can cover their own front airtightly.

The Song army's hard detective cavalry could not penetrate, so naturally it was impossible to detect the movements of the western thieves. However, the large-scale dispatch of the Western Thief Cavalry also shows that they will have a big move.

Therefore, after getting the report that the range of activities of the hard detective rider was greatly reduced, Gao Yongnian and the breeder immediately realized that the western thief would make a big move.

Therefore, since two days ago, the army here in Zhenqin City has been on high alert. At night, all the camps were doubled on duty to ensure that everything was in order. The beacon tower south of Zhenqin City was also fortified to prevent it from being attacked by thieves from the west. The path leading from Qinwangchuan to Kaluochuan also sent soldiers and horses to patrol back and forth, and forts were built with sandbags at critical points along the way. The castles of Inshou Mountain and Zoro in the Karo River also increased their garrisons.

At the same time as the deployment, Gao Yongnian and Chong Shiji also repeatedly discussed the military situation with several staff members - the two of them really couldn't figure out what tricks the party members could play?

Dividing troops to copy the back road can also be thought of with heels, but there are 10,000 defenders in Shuibo City, and there are 10,000 people in Lanzhou on the other side of the Yellow River. And Wang Sunchen, who commanded the army in Shuibo City, is a veteran general who has been famous for many years, and with him guarding the city, even if there are millions of thieves in the west, they don't want to break the city in a short time.

And the western thieves will encounter logistical supply problems when they attack the flank of Zhenqin City. In these days of the confrontation between Qin and Wangchuan, Gao Yongnian and the seed master did not forget to use the principle of national harmony to educate the hearts of the people of the Western Xia. Therefore, the people in the land south of Zhuo Qin Wangchuan and north and west of the Yellow River were demolished and relocated under the education of the Song army. All the places where food might be hidden, searched several times. All the trees that could be used to build the fortifications were cut down.

In this case, even if the soldiers and horses of the Western Thieves went around the back of Qin Wangchuan, it would only temporarily cut off the road between Qin Wangchuan and Shuibo City.

But it was impossible for them to carry a large amount of military rations, nor to build strong fortifications - with fortifications, they could cut off the grain routes of the Song army with a small number of troops, and a large number of main forces could carry military rations for a small number of elites, so that they could sustain them for a long time.

However, the construction capacity of the western thieves was not good in the first place, and now that there is no wood, how can it be possible to build fortifications?

However, the impossible still happened.

"Captain Gao, Captain Gao! The military situation in Shuibo City is urgent! The Western Thief Brigade is copying our back road? ”

When Zhong Fu's military intelligence and orders were delivered to the army in Zhenqincheng, Gao Yongnian was preparing to enjoy a sumptuous lunch in his richly furnished tent - a Great Song general of Gao Yongnian's level would not treat himself badly in life, he was a military general of the family, and he deliberately shared weal and woe with the soldiers, and it was easy for people to be charged with inviting the heart of the army...... Moreover, the generals of the Song Dynasty were easy to be promoted, and they were also quick to be punished, who didn't enjoy it while they were powerful?

The one who flew in from outside the big tent was the Hexi Road Soldiers and Horses Duzhan Seed Master. He originally led a partial division to operate in the Hexi Corridor, but later because the Chage army arrived at Qinwangchuan, he was recalled to join forces with Gao Yongnian.

"Don't worry," Gao Yongnian looked at the anxious Seed Master, and just smiled, "Uncle Yi came just in time, let's have a few drinks together, there is a wine in the immortal ...... that has just been delivered."

The back road was copied...... Of course not afraid! Shuibo City can't be lost, and it is impossible for the Western Thieves to build any strong fortresses along the way, and they can't stay for a long time, so what's there to be afraid of? It's a big deal to wait until they're exhausted, and then the overseers will fight back. A big victory may not be possible, but cutting hundreds or thousands of heads is not the same as playing?

But the seed master Ji shook his head and said: "Shuai Si's order has arrived, saying that the Western Thieves are dividing their troops in a big way, and Qin Wangchuan City is just an air attack, so that we can attack and sweep the surroundings of Qin Wangchuan City." ”

"Sortie?" Gao Yongnian put down the wine glass, stretched out a hand, took Zhong Fu's military order, and read it carefully.

"Uncle Yi, what do you think?" Gao Yongnian asked.

The planter said: "Obviously, the party members did do something stupid, and sent 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses to fight Shuibo City...... If the Western Thieves did not receive a large number of reinforcements, then on the front line of Qin Wangchuan City, their troops would probably only be 40,000, but they could fight. ”

After the combination of Chong Shiji and Gao Yongnian, the Song army in Qin Wangchuan was close to 50,000. The advantage of the 50,000 Great Song Western Army over the 40,000 Western thieves is not very great, but it is not impossible to fight.

"Although the western thieves are guarding the camp," said the planter, "their camp is not strong, and we still have the equipment left over from the siege of the city a few days ago." ”

Gao Yongnian nodded, and just as he was about to make a decision, another Gao Yongnian staff member came in outside the big tent, saluted, and hurriedly reported: "Two captains, the Western Thief Brigade is leaving the camp, as if it is going to fight with us in the field." ”

"Field war with us?"

"There's no fraud, right?"

Gao Yongnian and Seed Master Ji looked at each other and felt incredible.

What does the thief want to do?

The soldiers are divided into two ways, and they take the initiative to fight with half of the troops, is this looking for death or desperate?

"Could it be that the army of Gao Shiyan crossed the Hanhai Desert and forced the Western Thieves to fight to the death?"

The planter thought about it very much, and only this explanation was more reasonable. It must be Gao Yu, the first general of the Great Song Dynasty, who has made another contribution!

It seems that the thief is really going to play!

"That's what it should be, right?" Gao Yongnian nodded, "This Gao Shiyan is getting more and more powerful now...... Uncle Yi, let's attack! If the thief wants to fight in the field, how can we not be accompanied? It's better to leave 3,000 people to defend the city, 5,000 people to defend the camp, and the rest to attack together! If you fight a fierce battle, you have to cut off the heads of 10,000 thieves! ”

The head of the western thief is getting rarer and rarer now, if you don't seize the opportunity to cut a little, you won't cut it again in the future!

"Good! It's all up to the captain's orders! ”

"Pass on the order of a certain general, gather all the generals, and give rewards to the army!"

……

Gao Yongnian and the seed master were extremely busy gathering the generals and preparing for a decisive battle to cut down the Western Thief. Groups of Western Xia soldiers and horses were coming out of their camps, and they were slowly spreading between the two armies.

The total strength of the soldiers and horses placed in Qin Wangchuan in Western Xia was about 80,000, and now it has been divided into 35,000 detours to the south, and there are 3,000 to guard Qin Wangchuan City, and another 2,000 cavalry have been scattered to fill the hard detective cavalry. The remaining army of about 40,000 is now slowly unfolding in the fields of Qin Wangchuan under the command of Cha Ge and Xiao Heda.

Of the 40,000 troops, there were only 10,000 regular soldiers, of which 3,000 were Iron Harrier cavalry and 7,000 were garrison cavalry. All of them were dressed in armor, armed with spears, and led their horses, and entered the position on foot under the service of a support soldier.

There were also 20,000 soldiers, armed with bows and arrows, swords and shields, and spears and staffs, which served as foot soldiers. With his back to his own battalion, he set up a battle formation.

In fact, it is not a complicated large array, it is a horizontal formation of twenty thousand people, all with bows and arrows in front, spears in the back, and swords and shields on both sides. Twenty thousand men were formed in two rows, and between each formation there was a passage for the cavalry to enter and exit. The passages between the horizontal formations in the first row were blocked with plugging knives. And in front of each horizontal formation, there is also a row of tall side cards.

It's complete, it's a defensive posture of being beaten!

and the 10,000 cavalry and the soldiers who served them were behind the twenty detachments of infantry. The main formation of Cha Ge and Xiao Heda was in the center of the 10,000 armor cavalry, and 3,000 iron harriers were placed together.

Dressed in a green Tang armor shining with silver light, Cha Ge rode a brown Persian horse, surrounded by all the generals, his eyes looked coldly ahead, but his eyes were full of confidence in victory!

"King, Song Dog is also out of the camp!"

I don't know who shouted. When Chage raised his eyes, he saw the camp on the opposite side, which was almost like a castle, and now the gate of the village was wide open, and the drawbridge was lowered. The soldiers and horses of the brigade, led by layers of flags, drove out mightily.

Brother Cha looked at his opponent, which was clearly different from the enemy he had encountered in Tongwan City. There were not a large number of armored cavalry in this Song army, and there were obviously fewer hand-to-hand combatants in the infantry, let alone the elite who were "equipped for three battles". Rather, it was a traditional, mainly crossbow infantry of the Song army.

However, the Song army's arrow array is also not easy to deal with! Before the start of the Hehuang Battle last year, Cha Ge also suggested to Qianshun that he should learn the bow and crossbow arrow array of the Song people......

"King, do you want to take advantage of their unstable formation, let your subordinates lead the troops to rush forward for a while!"

Immediately, the generals of Western Xia couldn't help but ask for battle.

"Not necessarily." Brother Cha said coldly, "Since you want to show weakness, how can you take the initiative to attack?" He snorted, "We're just going to stick to them now and not let them come back to Shui Bo City!"

Moreover, Song Gou must be on guard...... Behind the wooden fence of their camp, there must be an ambush with a strong bow and a hard crossbow! ”

"But if Song Gou calms down and doesn't take the initiative to fight, what can we do?"

Brother Chaha laughed, "How can you calm down?" Aren't they afraid of our Great White High Country, and aren't they afraid of the Heavenly Soldiers of Great Liao? As long as the strength of Da Liao appears in Qin Wangchuan, can Song Gouyan be undefeated? ”