499 decisive battle

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The commotion in the middle of the night not only alarmed Song Xiance, but also aroused Qi Wei's awareness on the Wushi Mountain.

"It doesn't stop in the middle of the night, the cavalry just now should be my Feiyu battalion, what is Han Tong doing, such a risky approach is not General Xu's style!

Could it be that it was not General Xu who was commanding the battle outside at this time, but apart from General Xu's position, who in Ruzhou City could afford this heavy responsibility? ”

This night, the Flying Feather Cavalry Battalion suddenly attacked the camp of Song Xiance's thief army, although he turned his head and left in time, but such a risky approach, in Qi Wei's opinion, was by no means Xu Wei's command style.

They are already very familiar with each other, and they also know each other very well about their respective combat styles.

In the White Dragon Army, Li Zixiao and Qi Wei, Zhou Dazhu and others have similar command styles, they are all mainly attacking, aggressive, and like to take the initiative to attack.

And Xu Wei and Liu Chong, a group of generals, are good at guarding and calm, their style is steady and steady, step by step, and they don't like to take risks and be impulsive.

Therefore, when Qi Wei saw the behavior of the Feiyu Camp last night, Qi Wei thought a lot, and this was one of Li Zixiao's purposes.

Li Zixiao wanted to use this way to tell Qi Wei on the besieged Guishi Mountain that he was the one who led the army this time.

"Could it be that this time the leader is not General Xu, but the general, and the general himself is here?" After a while, Qi Wei really thought of this.

Because, in the White Dragon Army, there are only a handful of generals who are qualified to lead an army alone and serve such an important task.

Wei Hong, Liu Chong, Luo Chao and Zhou Dazhu, needless to say, Qi Wei already knew before he was besieged that Wei Hong stayed in Xuzhou, and the rest of them rushed to Liaodong.

And in Ruzhou City, apart from him, it is Xu Wei's highest authority, after all, Xu Wei is his deputy commander, and only Xu Wei can lead the army to rescue them.

Originally, there was also a Li Guo, but unfortunately, it was unlikely that Li Guo would follow him in the army at this time.

But if it was Xu Wei, most of the scenes last night would not have happened, so there was one last choice left, and that was Li Zixiao.

Don't look at Qi Wei before, he knew that Li Zixiao was in Liaodong, but Li Zixiao was the only one in the White Dragon Army who might return to Jiangbei during the Chinese New Year and rush to Ruzhou City.

If it was really Li Zixiao who was leading the White Dragon Army on the periphery at this time, then such a risky behavior of the Feiyu Battalion last night, Qi Wei felt that it was a signal that Li Zixiao wanted to convey to him.

That is, the decisive battle is coming, and he is ready to move.

Let's go, let's go!

Qi Wei couldn't sleep, sitting on a big rock, thinking about these things, and there was a sound of stepping on a dead branch behind him.

Qi Wei turned his head and saw that it was Li who had come over.

"How, are you also thinking about the deep meaning of the Flying Feather Battalion's risky approach just now?" Li Guo sat beside Qi Wei and asked with a smile.

"You thought of it too." Qi Wei didn't answer, but asked rhetorically.

"Why don't you and I write what we think about and see if we think the same?" Li Guo proposed.

"Okay!" Qi Wei responded.

Then, each of them stretched out one palm and scratched it on each other's palm with the other hand, and together they wrote a word, 'Lee'.

"Haha!"

Immediately, the two looked at each other and laughed.

"Sure enough, the hero sees the same thing!" Qi Wei said with a smile.

"If it's true that the general is back, I guess there will be something that surprises us even more tomorrow, I don't know how the general will fight." Li Guo said.

"Hey, no matter how you fight, tomorrow's battle of the general will not be easy.

I just calculated that the men and horses that the general can bring this time are considered the Flying Feather Battalion, and at most there will be no more than 7,000 people.

And now, the thief army surrounded by the Wu Clan, excluding their casualties, must have more than 30,000 people, and Song Xiance, this thief, will never let us break through and join the general.

And we have all the ammunition in our hands, and the musketeers and artillerymen can only be used as foot soldiers, except for the more than 3,000 people who have lost in the past half a month.

Even if we count the men, tomorrow we will be able to use only 5,000 men, and without muskets and muskets, the thief army under the mountain will only need 10,000 men, which will be enough to stop us.

So in tomorrow's battle, we can only fight hard, hoping to drag as many thieves as possible for the general. Qi Wei said worriedly.

"In other words, tomorrow the general's side, it is estimated that it should be 7,000 to 20,000? It's pretty much the same as I estimated. ”

After listening to Qi Wei's calculations, Li Guo also nodded, and then continued: "The disparity in strength is not too great, I believe in the ability of the general."

As long as the general is well prepared, with the 'Iron Blood Battalion' as the backbone, and with the elite and muskets of our White Dragon soldiers, it is not difficult to win 7,000 against 20,000. ”

"I hope so, it's not far from dawn now, and the outcome depends on tomorrow."

In fact, Qi Wei and Li Guo's speculation is basically the same as Li Zixiao's calculation.

Li Zixiao originally had 6,000 elites in his hands, but with the arrival of the fierce wolf battalion led by Tie Dan and the monk, the number of men and horses in his hands suddenly increased to 8,000.

In front, Li Zixiao spent half a month tossing and turning to set up ambushes, and at a very small price, annihilated Liu Tichun's department.

In this way, it is equivalent to consuming nearly 10,000 of Song Xiance's thief army.

Song Xiance originally only had 50,000 horses in his hands, except for the nearly 10,000 people lost by Liu Tichun, they attacked Wushi Mountain in half a month, and Li Zixiao estimated that he would have to lose seven or eight thousand horses.

That is to say, Song Xiance still has at most 35,000 or 6,000 men left in his hands at this time, and tomorrow he wants to prevent Qi Wei from breaking through while fighting Li Zixiao.

That Song Xiance estimated that at least 10,000 people would score, which means that Li Zixiao would fight against 25,000 thieves with 8,000 White Dragon Army elites tomorrow when he had sufficient ammunition and strong troops.

With a one-to-three comparison of troops, Li Zixiao is completely confident that he can win, and he still has a killer weapon in his hand, which makes Li Zixiao even more sure of winning.

And Li Zixiao also believes in his calculations, there should be no problem, even if there is a discrepancy, it will not be too big, and it will not affect the overall situation.

It's just that everything has accidents.

In other words, Song Xiance, who received Liu Tichun's head, was also sad after his anger, he really didn't expect Liu Tichun to be killed in battle.

Immediately, he immediately gathered his subordinates to discuss how to deploy for tomorrow's battle.

Some thieves also suggested that this might just be Li Zixiao's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and Li Zixiao may not fight them at all tomorrow.

Instead, after they had their troops a few miles south, they attacked the Wushi Mountain and rescued Qi Wei.

As soon as this idea was raised, Song Xiance was also vigilant, but then he found that this worry was not necessary at all.

Because, Li Zixiao's letter said that the decisive battle venue was five miles south of the Wushi Mountain, and at this time, their camp stretched from the foot of the Wushi Mountain to more than three miles away.

In other words, the decisive battle venue that Li Zixiao chose tomorrow was actually in front of their camp.

Song Xiance was filled with grief and anger for a while because he saw Liu Tichun's head before, but he didn't expect this, but now after finding out, it made him even more angry.

"How can this be justified, it is simply that there is no one in sight, arrogant and arrogant." Song Xiance slapped the table and roared.

People directly choose to fight outside your camp, isn't it typical that they don't have the slightest meaning in their eyes!

is so despised by others, it's no wonder that Song Xiance is not angry!

In fact, what makes Song Xiance feel even more headache is not the decisive battle with Li Zixiao that he will face tomorrow, but the Qi Wei team that is now besieged by him on the Wushi Mountain.

If Song Xiance had already attacked the Wushi Mountain at this time and eliminated Qi Wei, then he would be able to concentrate all his forces tomorrow and have an open and honest decisive battle with Li Zixiao.

However, now Qi Wei found that if he wanted to really fight Li Zixiao tomorrow, he still had to guard against Qi Wei's possible breakthrough from behind.

At that time, as soon as Qi Wei's breakthrough turned around, it turned into a blow to their back.

When the time comes, it will be equivalent to Li Zixiao and Qi Wei, attacking Song Xiance on both sides.

The turtle in the original urn suddenly became a fatal danger to itself.

At this time, Song Xiance felt like he had eaten a bite of Hot Xiang, and he was disgusting.

At this time, Song Xiance knew that he was too optimistic before, and the current initiative was not completely in his hands.

"Hmph, according to the previous scout's report, Li Zixiao's hands are no more than six or seven thousand people, as long as I can defeat Li Zixiao quickly and neatly from the front tomorrow.

On the Wushi Mountain, Qi Wei's men and horses, who had already run out of ammunition, couldn't set off much wind and waves at all, and then I turned my head and ate him completely.

I have at least an 80% chance of winning this battle. Song Xiance calculated in his heart.

That's it, Li Zixiao has his own plan, and Song Xiance also has his own plan, and even they have prepared a back hand with both hands.

As long as the time comes, whose plan is more clever, and who will kill the deer, it will depend on tomorrow's decisive battle.

As the day dawned, the soldiers of the White Dragon Army also woke up one after another.

Li Zixiao deliberately asked the guys to make breakfast later this morning, because he and Song Xiance agreed that the decisive time was noon, that is, twelve o'clock.

Li Zixiao didn't let the soldiers of the White Dragon Army eat a full meal until eight o'clock, because if you eat early, you will be hungry early, and Li Zixiao also thought about these details.

This time, Li Zixiao really didn't play too many tricks, he used a yang scheme, and he would never be late for the decisive battle at twelve o'clock.

"Zilong, do what I told you before, be careful, your ring is the key to our victory, understand?"

Li Zixiao stood in front of Zhao Zilong at this time and solemnly admonished.

"Yes, General, I understand, I promise not to disappoint you." Zhao Zilong said seriously.

"Go ahead."

Immediately, Zhao Zilong took 300 soldiers and drove north with several carts, on which were placed several large baskets, silk cloth, fire oil, and a few boxes of lead bullets and gunpowder.

"General, why did you let Zilong go to the north? Isn't our decisive battle with the thieves in the south? ”

Tie Dan came over at this time and asked very puzzled.

"Haha, the secret of heaven must not be revealed." Li Zixiao said in a tricky way.

"Alright, Han Tong, it's time for you to go." Immediately, Li Zixiao also sent away the cavalry team led by Han Tong and Huo Gang.

"General, don't you really need our cavalry to help? If we go again, your side will have too few troops. Han Tong said worriedly.

"Don't worry, I have confidence in our White Dragon Army soldiers, the victory or defeat of the war does not depend on the number of people, there are nearly 6,000 people on my side, which is enough.

Just do your job and don't make mistakes. Li Zixiao said confidently and told Han Tong.

"Don't worry, general, our Flying Feather Battalion will not lag behind, we will go."

After sending Zhao Zilong and Han Tong away, when the time was up (around nine o'clock), Li Zixiao ordered to complete the assembly of troops, and then rushed to the south of Wushi Mountain.

At this time, the main force in Li Zixiao's hands was mainly based on the two battalions of the 'Iron Blood Battalion' and the 'Fierce Wolf Battalion', and the soldiers of the two battalions accounted for 4,000 people.

The rest are musketeers and artillerymen, as well as a small number of baggage soldiers, responsible for transporting ammunition supplies, etc., it can be said that the 6,000 people in Li Zixiao's hands at this time can basically be used as soldiers.

It took an hour or so of a slow march, and at about eleven o'clock in the afternoon, Li Zixiao led his men and horses to rush to Song Xiance's camp in the south of Wushi Mountain.

At this time, Li Zixiao saw that Song Xiance had already sent his thief army out of the camp and set up a position in the open space south of the camp.

"Huh?"

When Li Zixiao saw several phalanxes sent by Song Xiance outside the camp, he couldn't help frowning, and his eyes were a little solemn.

It's not just because Li Zixiao found that Song Xiance's shield carts were numerous, placed in front of the phalanxes, and the archers at the back were the foot soldiers in front.

In order to attack the Wushi Mountain, Song Xiance built a lot of shield vehicles, and in order to guard against Qi Wei's musketeers, he is now using them.

And what made Li Zixiao feel even more wrong was that these horses sent by Song Xiance, he looked at them at a glance, and roughly estimated that there must be at least 30,000 people.

This is not quite right with his estimate, didn't he leave troops to guard against Qi Wei on the Gui Clan's Mountain? This is unlikely, and it is impossible for Song Xiance to make such a mistake.

"Something is wrong, Song Xiance has attacked Qi Wei in the Wushi Mountain for so many days, how can there be so many people? Could it be that my calculations were wrong, or was the information incorrect? ”

Li Zixiao found at this moment that things were a little unexpected by him, and now the ratio of forces between the two sides is five to one, and the disparity is a bit big.

But now that it is ready to fly, it has to be sent, even if Song Xiance has a lot more troops in his hands than Li Zixiao expected.

But it is still within the range that Li Zixiao thinks can bear, and this battle can still be fought.

On this side, Song Xiance saw that Li Zixiao was really here, and looked at the small group of people opposite, and a sneer appeared on his face.

At this time, the time entered the middle of February of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, which was still the era of the Xiaoice River, and the middle of February was the coldest time.

Fortunately, the weather is also beautiful today, the weather is good, it is a sunny day, and there is even a sun appearing, and the north wind is not very strong.

(End of chapter)