Li Liangzuo watched Manba rush out of the camp and shouted, "Cheer me for the golden drum." ”

Zhao Ming also looked at the enemy, the autumn wind hunting, the Xixia flags fluttering all over the mountains, thousands of enemy horsemen pounced fiercely in the shape of a fan, the horse's hooves stepped on the ground, and he seemed to feel the ground trembling, but he said calmly: "Listen to my orders, prepare to release arrows." ”

The enemy cavalry was getting closer and closer, but nearly a thousand people were motionless, coldly watching them rush towards them, and finally even the proud and arrogant faces could be clearly seen, and behind these thousands of cavalry, a stream of dust was raised.

It's time to see it!

Only separated by a trench, Zhao Ming had not yet given the order to release the arrows.

"Rush." With a big roar, the soldiers rushed into the river, because the war horse ran high, and immediately stepped on the waves.

Under his leadership, thousands of cavalry stepped into the river one after another, fanning Zhao Ming and his nearly 1,000 soldiers.

When it was closer, some of the soldiers swallowed their saliva with difficulty.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred.

Manba continued to beat the warhorse, trying to make it run faster.

But the mount he stepped on suddenly let out a scream, and his front feet were raised, almost lifting him under the horse. Then the horses of the other cavalry stepped down were the same, and suddenly thousands of Western Xia cavalry in the small river were in chaos.

Because of the high running, the weather was dry, and there was some dust behind them, and Li Liangzuo hadn't seen it clearly. It was only a few of them that he saw a few, and his eyes widened and he stared carefully into the river, trying to discern what was going on. At this time, Zhao Ming finally ordered: "Release the arrow." ”

A thousand soldiers immediately loosened the bowstring in their hands, and a rain of arrows flew towards the Western Xia cavalry in the river.

There is a mystery in this river, compared to the sudden offensive and defensive battles in history, the current Dashun City Defense Battle. But it took a long time to prepare.

So Wang Ju said: "Then when war comes, can you prepare for the enemy for more than a year?" ”

Hwaji County has been preparing for more than a year, and Gyeongju has been preparing for seven months.

But even these seven months, those are also the fatal seven months.

The imperial court allocated not much money, as for the shochu. Compared to the cost of this battle, it is even more pitiful. Yes, not more, but less, very little. But it played some key roles, one is in exchange for many war horses. Cai Ting can buy horses, and the government also allows front-line officials to buy horses, but there is also an edict that it must be a third-class horse or above, and only thirty-five yuan can be allocated. This is still the result of Han Jiang's argument. Otherwise, it turned out to be even worse, only thirty yuan was given, and it must be a second-class horse or above. But after a fight, can this money buy a war horse above the third class?

Whether you fight or not, you still can't buy it.

If it weren't for soju, Cai Ting wanted to buy a horse and had to pay fifty yuan, what would be the consequences? Let's take a look at the consequences of Zhang Kang.

Now there is shochu. It was financed by "patriotic merchants", and even if the horses were bought for a hundred yuan, they had nothing to do with the imperial court. It's hard for everyone to be impeached.

Moreover, it is the reward during training, which trick works, if you want a strong army, the physical quality and martial arts of the warriors must keep up, then the first one must be well fed. The second is high-intensity training.

Now that Wang Ju has arrived, he will buy a large number of pigs and fat sheep every month. Sent to the barracks for slaughter. Even the price of pigs and sheep around the guide has been raised step by step.

However it had an effect, and these meats were eaten. After high-intensity training, they turned into muscles, fat, and precipitated in the soldier's body, so in a few months, the soldier's body is stronger, his strength is greater, his archery skills are more accurate, and his cooperation is much better than before.

The effect is there, but will the court agree to Cai Ting using the government's money to do this?

So private traders and shochu play a role again.

This is also financed by "patriotic businessmen".

It is not only the soldiers of the battalion that have changed, but also the weapons and armor, which is fine, although it is built with the money and silk of the imperial court.

Therefore, during this time, the two workshops had countless craftsmen and apprentices, and even laid down miscellaneous officers and soldiers to create many weapons and armor. Of course, because of the short time and the shortage of money, it was not possible for everyone to change their clothes, but many officers and soldiers changed their clothes together. Including Zhao Ming's thousand soldiers in front of him.

Half of the armor on their hands is new-style armor, and they are more than twenty catties lighter, and this weight also means that they are less cumbersome than half.

The bows in their hands are all real compound bows and black lacquer bows, and even the unqualified inferior bows will be eliminated together.

The arrows are also more sophisticated than the previous ones.

Especially the arrowheads, which are all made of high-carbon steel, are sharper.

In order to pursue the degree, Li Liangzuo brought the Iron Harrier, but did not send the Iron Harrier to participate in the battle, so all the light cavalry was sent. There is a degree, but the quality of the armor is very poor, and half of the people don't even have armor, and only wear animal skins as leather armor.

The fatal one was so close, only a few dozen paces, completely within the range of the bow and arrow.

One arrow after another flew into the river, flew to the body of the Western Xia cavalry, and desperately drilled into the body of the Western Xia soldier.

"What was born?" Baa watched the river while dialing the arrows that he had been learning constantly.

There are quirks in the river.

Yes, the river is now very shallow and clear, just like a beautiful and moving girl, lying at the feet of Dashun City and flowing slowly. However, before the arrival of the Western Xia army, the soldiers were sent to sneak out of the city at night, into the small river, and spread many thistles in the silt below the river. Moreover, it was spread from the center of the river to this side of the river, and there was not a single one on the other side of the river.

This made the Western Xia cavalry fall for it.

Of course, there is also the careful preparation, because there is more time, and even the plan of how to defend against the counterattack is almost discussed, so these thistles are larger and sharper. The war horses of the Tangut people also have farriers, but it can only wrap the bottom of the horse's feet, not the horse's legs, and because of the lack of iron and money, some war horses are not even prepared for the shoes. Rushing into the trench so suddenly, which horse didn't hit?

It is also related to careful preparation, if it is an offensive and defensive battle, Cai Ting has no choice but to order the officers and soldiers to scatter thistle terrestris in the river to block it, and will not send Zhao Ming to counterattack by the river. Now because of careful preparation and planning. He sent Zhao Ming to meet the enemy by the river in advance, tempting Li Liangzuo to send a large number of cavalry to counterattack.

Therefore, this small river became the first bloody battle, and it was not the war horses that were killed or wounded, but also many people, the people of Western Xia.

Manba continued to think. The river was muddy, and he couldn't see it clearly, but he knew that there was an ambush, so he shouted, "Withdraw, withdraw." ”

You can rush through, but then the casualties will be very heavy. can even barely inflict heavy damage on the Song Dynasty army in front of them, and they will be wiped out.

The dust also spread, and Li Liangzuo also saw the tragic scene in the river, and also gave an order: "Withdraw, withdraw." Blow the horn and let the front line withdraw. ”

Zhao Ming shouted: "Keep releasing arrows." ”

Many Western Xia soldiers also turned their horses back in time and began to flee for their lives, but arrows continued to shoot at them behind them, and although they were fleeing for their lives, many soldiers kept falling off their horses, and the Western Xia soldiers struggling in the river were even worse.

Li Liangzuo roared eagerly: "The army pounced and released arrows to cover." ”

Two Western Xia armies rushed left and right. The soldiers in front were carrying shields, and the soldiers in the back were releasing arrows, and Zhao Ming saw that the Western Xia army was almost within range. Only then did he say, "Withdraw." ”

Nearly 1,000 people withdrew to Dashun City.

The doctor said: "Beat the drum of victory." ”

The war had just begun, but this battle was fought with great pride, and nearly a thousand elite cavalry of Western Xia were easily killed, and the number of wounded cavalry and war horses was even greater. This goes a long way in motivating morale.

It's just that he is a little bit of a pity, there are too many Western Xia troops, so he can't clean up the battlefield and spoils.

Baa hung up the color and returned to the camp. Li Liangzuo called Ye Weima and asked angrily: "Why didn't you inquire?" ”

"The last general is derelict in his duties. The last will be derelict in his duties. ”

Song Ji was hidden behind everyone, thinking to himself. How can this be blamed on Ye Weima? When the Tangut people came, the Song army would always take some precautions. However, the uneasiness in his heart continued to grow, and he always felt that something was wrong in many ways.

Li Liangzuo said again: "Send someone immediately to fill up the trench." ”

Song Ji finally came out and said: "Your Majesty, it's not proper, although this is a trench, it is also two small rivers, they are living water, the upstream water level is higher than the downstream water level, if someone is sent to fill it, the upstream water must be discharged, and the water level will be raised, although the two rivers are not deep, but they are relatively wide, then the river overflows, and the two sides of the trench are mostly muddy, which is not conducive to our army's attack." If you send people to block upstream, you must build a weir, although our army has a lot of strength, but the area is limited by manpower, even if there are many people, it will not be able to play a role, and it will take at least ten days to build a ......"

Ten days is not a long time in normal times, but at this time, it is fatal, how much food do you have to consume?

Song Ji said: "So the only plan, let the soldiers dismount, shield bow and arrow cover, send people to the river to plug the mud bags, the river can be discharged, it will not overflow, and the river can be slightly shallow, although the weather has not cooled down, it is also a little cold, want the siege cavalry has little effect, only the horse with the siege ladder siege city, the river is shallow, the soldiers flow over, the lower half of the body will not be soaked, let alone because of the cold will affect the battle." ”

"Who are you?"

"The minister is the Song man who defected to His Majesty."

"You're that Song Miao, a good name."

"The minister doesn't dare to be a minister, but the Song Dynasty is weak, and he is the lord of Great Xia and rejuvenates the country."

"That's a good plan, I've adopted it."

Zhang Qi and the generals continued to watch the movements of the Tangut people.

This is the advantage of Dashun Castle, which was built from the foot of the mountain and stretches to the top of the western mountain, so that the enemy in front of it can be seen at a glance. Of course, now that all the Song troops have retreated to the city for defense, and all the outside of the city have been handed over to the Western Xia people, including Jieyi Peak and other high points, the Western Xia can also be clear at a glance.

One of the generals asked suspiciously, "They want to block the river?" ”

Zhang Qi said: "They are not stupid enough to that extent, and they will probably take advantage of the large number of people to prepare a large number of mud bags and fill in the bottom of the river slightly, so that people can get through." ”

"A lot of horses, a lot of horses." One will say.

There were many Western Xia troops, so after Zhao Ming killed and injured some of the Western Xia soldiers, he had to retreat, watching the Western Xia people pull back the wounded horses, clean up the battlefield, clean up the corpses, and help the wounded soldiers to retreat.

Some of the soldiers also pulled the thistles from the legs of the horses, and the horses neighed in pain. He was heartbroken, thinking how much effort he had gone into collecting the horses of all the cavalry battalions in Gyeongju?

The doctor smiled and scolded: "Whether you are injured or not, our army will not get it anyway." ”

This is also the reality, and the effect of this battle is still to be repelled, not defeated. Repel, the enemy will be able to calmly retreat, and what war horses and materials will not be able to think of.

"But this is a good opportunity. ”

The prophylaxis nodded.

Also different from history, Cai Ting received information in history that the Western Xia army was very close, so he had to arrange it in a hurry, including the strong wall and Qingye, but there was not much time to arrange the troops reasonably, let alone conclude that the Western Xia people would not attack from the flank of Huanzhou, so the strength of Dashun City was not much.

However, now Dashun City has a large number of generals and sufficient weapons, so in the process of blocking the river by the Xixia people, there are fighters again.

Angry all night, the next day the three armies of Western Xia began to fill the river.

However, the cavalry with stronger combat effectiveness was no longer useful, and even the cavalry dismounted their horses, and under the protection of the shield soldiers and archers, they carried mud bags with the soldiers in the rear and walked towards the trench.

"Sortie." Implant ordered.

This time it had nothing to do with Zhao Ming and the Fan soldiers, and it was the real officers and soldiers who went out of the city to meet some strongmen, but they also deployed a more powerful shield army in front.

The two armies began to fire at each other.

For the time being, it is very beneficial to the Song army, so let's shoot, anyway, there are many arrows prepared in Dashun City. But it is not beneficial for the Tangut people to drag it out like this, and if it drags on for a day, how much food will so many people have to eat? It doesn't matter to the person, the key is to do the West Xia Maduo, the person plus the horse, how much does it cost to consume at the end of the day? And the quality and range of the bow are not good for the Western Xia people, although the Western Xia has some good bows and crossbows, and even in the Song Dynasty, they can be sold for nearly 100 yuan. But that's in the minority. Regardless of the bow and crossbow armor, the general quality is far inferior to that of the Song army. Therefore, the Song army's bows and crossbows had a longer range, and if the stalemate continued, the casualties of the Tangut people would only continue to magnify.

Therefore, the Song army did not hurry and released the arrows, and shouted at the head of the city: "Order the three armies to aim before releasing the arrows." ”

Li Liangzuo was in a hurry, and he ordered loudly behind him: "Beat the golden drum and order the three armies to advance." ”

The Tanguts began to advance slowly, and at last everyone was within range, and casualties on both sides immediately increased.

At the head of the city, the doctor ordered, "Twenty steps back." ”

With this retreat, the Song Dynasty's advantage in the range of bows and arrows was once again wielded.

This terrain was mainly beneficial to the Song Dynasty, not to the Tangut people. Although the terrain in front of the two small rivers is also open, but with such a large area, now the two sides have almost put more than 10,000 people, almost reaching the limit of the area of the river valley.

Although the three armies of Western Xia continued to approach the trenches, the casualties were increasing bit by bit.

At first, Western Xia soldiers braved the rain of arrows and threw mud bags into the river. He turned back to Zhao Ming and said, "Prepare to gather cavalry." (To be continued)

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