The fall of Gao Yongnian and the 4,000 Western Xia infantry commanded by Cao Mian launched an offensive against the Song army's camp, which became the last two straws that overwhelmed the Song army.

After Gao Yongnian left the Chinese army to supervise the war, he took over the command of the first general of Hexi Road, and the former army deployed Liu Yanqing was completely panicked, watching Gao Yongnian, whose armor and robe had been stained red with blood, being carried down by his own soldiers, and ordered loudly in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Ming Jin, Ming Jin, order the generals to slowly retreat and return to the camp to hold on!" ”

Several generals of the Hexi Army who were gathered around him, as well as Gao Yongnian's staff, couldn't help but sink their hearts when they heard this.

Can you still go back now? Both armies are about to fight into a mess, whoever retreats successively will have to let the other side cover up for a while, God knows how many people will die?

But is it okay not to retreat now? The tall chief steward was seriously injured and carried down, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead! And there was a shout of killing in the northwest direction of the camp, and now the camp is very empty, in case of an accident, then the tens of thousands of Song troops here will be wiped out.

In addition, the most frightening thing is that there are tens of thousands of Liao troops here!

This is a violent combat performance, which makes the Great Song Dynasty panic all day long, and the Liao soldiers of the Yellow River Sanyi are "scared" just by scare!

In this case, what better option than to retreat to the camp?

Liu Yanqing, who made a big appearance in the historical Xuanhe Northern Expedition and the Jingkang City Defense, was not ambiguous at all at this time. Although the order was given to retreat, he did not take the lead in fleeing. Instead, he personally led his troops forward to support the headquarters of the third general of the Hexi Army, who was being hit by the Western Xia Iron Harrier, that is, the position where Gao Yongnian was wounded by an arrow.

Now it's okay to say elsewhere, although it is indispensable to be covered up by the western thieves, but the main force can still retreat. Only this third general is the most under pressure, and it is really a miracle that it has not collapsed until now. And if they collapse, then the Iron Harrier cavalry will pounce on the central army of the Song army, and after defeating it, it will roll up to the flank of the Song generals.

Then it will be a catastrophe!

Therefore, Liu Yanqing, who had not yet exhausted his courage, did not hesitate to lead people to the top, but he didn't have much dead soldier utility at hand. Originally, Gao Yongnian and the seed master had left a reserve of several thousand people, but most of them were used to defend against the Khitans, and most of the rest followed Gao Yongnian to fill the gap.

When he went to the front with the few remaining reserves, everything he saw seemed to be a scene of the end of the world.

In the original place where the Song army still had an array, desperately firing arrows, and desperately using swords, shields, and spears to block the party's iron harriers, now the corpses of both sides were piled up layer upon layer, and the highest place was higher than Liu Yanqing, and the blood from the dead men and horses stained the ground bright red. There was so much blood and water that even the land could not absorb it, forming red pools of water.

With the experience of Liu Yanqing, a veteran who has been on the battlefield for many years, when he saw this scene, he knew that the third general was about to collapse soon - they actually held on until now, and they really did their best! However, fighting against them, the Iron Harrier also played at an extraordinary level today. If it weren't for the sudden appearance of the Khitan dog thief, the casualties would have reached this level, and the iron harrier would have collapsed.

It can be said that the Western Army, which is in a desperate situation today, and the Western Xia Army, which suddenly saw the hope of victory, have exerted their greatest combat effectiveness and endured huge casualties that they could not bear in the past!

But today's morale on the battlefield is higher, and it is undoubtedly the iron harrier of the party who is more able to withstand casualties. With thousands of their own corpses and the corpses of their enemies, they paved a path to victory. Even if Liu Yanqing personally led his troops to fill it in, he would not be able to save the collapse of the third general of the Hexi Army!

More than 3,000 people collapsed at the same time, dropped their blades and fled in the direction of the camp. Even the archers with the bow of the divine arm did not care about destroying the precious weapons in their hands, so they had to cover their heads and flee.

The collapse soon spread on the battlefield, and the generals and units that were originally in good order also collapsed one after another, and the brigade fled in the direction of the big camp. It was impossible for them all to retreat from the camp gates, and most of them simply fled along the nearest route, jumping directly into the trenches, and then climbing with their hands and feet and with the fences and camp walls to the main camp.

The cavalry of Western Xia quickly caught up, and the weapons in their hands had been replaced with bows and arrows, so they opened their bows on horseback and shot sharp swords at the back of the Song army!

The Song army, which had not yet climbed into the camp, suddenly suffered heavy casualties!

However, not every team of Song Jun is so embarrassed at the moment. The seventh general of the Hexi Army led by Chong Shiji and more than 1,000 utility soldiers slowly retreated in formation and headed towards the east gate of the Song army camp in good order.

What a surprise! Under the pressure of 30,000 Liao soldiers, they could still retreat like this...... And the Liao soldiers on the opposite side didn't know if they were here to fight or come to see the play, and they didn't make any moves anyway, they just watched them retreat.

This scene made the fearful planter who thought that he would die a great surprise, and thought that the Liao army did not get the will to go to war, but just came to the Hexi battlefield to scare people......

After retreating into the camp, the planter was immediately taken to see Gao Yongnian, who was pale and dying. His armor had been removed, and he had a crossbow bolt stuck in his right chest! The white garments have been dyed red!

However, Gao Yongnian had not lost consciousness yet, and he was also a little surprised to see the seed master Ji coming—the seed master was still alive, and it didn't look like he had fought a hard battle.

"How?" Gao Yongnian asked, "How many ...... are left in the seventh general?"

"Chief, the Khitans are just confronting us, not attacking."

No offense?

Gao Yongnian and the people in the big tent were stunned, and then they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Either way, there's always a complete set and a thousand utilities.

Gao Yongnian sighed, "Quick, go and bring the sons in!" ”

The planter arched his hand, turned around and left. When he got outside, he didn't immediately bring people to pick up the rout, but called his younger brother to the planter.

"Duanru, you take my general order and take someone to Shuibo City for help."

The planter shook his head, "Uncle Yi, there isn't much military food here...... Why don't you break through tonight! ”

"No," the seed master shook his head, "Don't you forget that the thieves have already divided their troops to copy our back path!"

I'm afraid they won't go to Shui Po City, but will set up an ambush in the middle of the road. Duanru, be careful, take a detour to the south of the Kara River. ”

The Song army still has some soldiers and horses in the area of Karochuan, although it can't stop the tens of thousands of troops in Western Xia, but it will not be blocked tonight. However, it is obviously unrealistic for the tens of thousands of troops on Qin Wangchuan's side to retreat from the Kaluo River, and the marching speed of the tens of thousands of troops is not comparable to dozens of cavalry, and they will not be able to reach the Kaluo River tomorrow morning. At that time, only two or three thousand Western Xia soldiers were needed to enter and hold the danger, and the Song army would have no way to retreat.

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"The thief has retreated! Shuaiji, the army of the Western Thieves has retreated......"

I haven't slept all night, and I stayed up all day today, and when it was dark, I was dozing off in my office in a daze, when I suddenly heard a loud voice roaring. When he opened his eyes, he found that it was Wang Sunchen and Zhang Shuye who had come together.

"How?" Zhong Fu asked.

"Retreat! The Western Thieves have retreated! ”

"Retirement? How can it be? Zhong Fu was stunned, "Aren't they going to attack the city?" ”

"To siege a city is to die!" Wang Sunchen said, "Now the retreat can save the dog's life, but it's just ......."

It's just that he came all the way to scare the Song army in Shuibo City and left, what's going on?

"Where did you go?" Zhong Fu asked.

"I'm going north," Uncle Zhang said, "I should be going to Qin Wangchuan." ”

"To surround our army in Qin Wangchuan?"

"Unlikely." Wang Sunchen shook his head, "There are 50,000 of our troops there, how can we be afraid of the encirclement of 70,000 or 80,000 party soldiers?" Even if we open a decisive battle, we also have a chance to win. ”

"But you can't be left unguarded." Uncle Zhang said at night, "It's better to gather soldiers and horses and prepare to rescue Qin Wangchuan." ”

Zhong Fu nodded, "There are 20,000 people in Shuibo City and Lanzhou, not enough, right?" ”

"You can ask Jingyuan Road for help." Zhang Shuye suggested, "There are 15,000 people of Liu Fa in Huizhou, all of whom are elite, if you join forces with us, there will be an army of 35,000, plus Qin Wangchuan's soldiers, no matter how many thieves in the west can fight." ”

Liu Fa is now under the jurisdiction of the soldiers and horses of Jingyuan Road, but he has raised 15,000 troops to be stationed in Huizhou on Xihe Road. Huizhou is next to Lanzhou, on the south bank of the Yellow River. If you cross the river, there are not many ways to get to Shuibo City.

"Good!" Zhong Fu nodded, "Liu Fa was born a god general, second only to Gao Yu, and with him supervising the army to the north, he will definitely be able to defeat the Western Thieves with Gao Yongnian." ”

Zhong Fu made a decision immediately, and then sent an envoy to Xi'an Prefecture on Jingyuan Road overnight to meet Lu Huiqing to ask for troops. But before Liu Fa could lead the troops, the most terrible bad news was brought to him in the division.

The Liao soldiers arrived at Qinwangchuan!

"Liao soldiers? Do you see clearly? Zhong Fu's eyes were dark, and he almost fainted.

That's scary, isn't it? Why did the Liao soldiers come to Hexi!? What do they want to do? Could it be that Da Liao has already started a war with Da Song?

That's the end of it......

"It's Liao Bing!" The seed master nodded affirmatively, "The banner of the Liao people, and there are five or six thousand armored horses!" It can't be a thief. ”

"Five or six thousand!?" Zhong Fu trembled and asked, "Can you hold it?" ”

"Hold on!" The planter said, "Although we lost the battle yesterday, there are at least 40,000 of our brothers on the Qin Wangchuan side, and there are cities and camps. It's just that the military rations are not enough, even if you kill mules and horses to satisfy your hunger, and then save food, you can last for a month at most. ”

That's it!

Zhong Fu and Zhang Shuye are both thoughtful, the war must be lost! And Qin Wangchuan's army is also finished! Even if he could hold on, after a month, he would starve to death.