The midday sun shone on the long desert, steaming and roasting the last drop of water in the sand, a hungry lone wolf spitting out a blood-red tongue and panting, sniffing on the ground, it suddenly raised its head, opened its nostrils and snorted vigorously in the direction of the wind, it smelled the water and prey in the wind, but it contained a hint of danger, but the thirst for water and food still made it run in the direction of the wind...

Seemingly lifeless desert but hidden vitality, a broken ancient river channel actually has water at some point, gurgling eastward and blocked the road by several sand dunes, swirling down to settle down, forming a water inlet, tenacious boxwood trees grow into woods around it, and dense reeds have also grown on the side of the inlet, becoming a paradise for creatures in the desert, and at this time it has become a temporary hiding place for Xia Jun.

Under a tall boxwood tree, Xiao Heda sat cross-legged, scooping the dried horse intestines in one hand, holding a dry cake in the other, and a pot of turbid pond water beside him, he ate without a mouthful, in order to prevent the Song army from discovering his whereabouts, the Xia army who broke through the Xiazhou defense line did not dare to make a fire to cook, and could only eat dry food raw, even if he hid dozens of miles away from the Sichuan Road, he still did not dare to take it lightly.

Xiao Heda was ordered to recapture Xiazhou and respond to Brother Cha, but he successively mobilized more than 30,000 soldiers and horses nearby, and brought more than 20,000 people from Lingzhou, and attacked for more than ten days, except for the corpses everywhere, he didn't get anything, and now he finally broke through the defense line to here, only to know that the army of Brother Cha had failed as early as ten days ago, almost all of them were wiped out, and they fled alone, and the Song army brigade had occupied the Shenyong Army Division and Shizhou. Xiao Heda had no choice but to send people to look for Brother Cha. On the one hand, the idea of delaying the Song army's attack. Buy time to recapture Xiazhou.

Xiao Heda knew that once Xiazhou could not be recaptured, then Youzhou and Yanzhou were in no danger to defend, the Song army could approach Lingzhou all the way, and the Xia army could only collapse for thousands of miles, and Lingzhou was lost, Henan was not guaranteed, and the Western Xia would lose important military sources and grain producing areas, and the national strength would decline, so it would lose its significance as an important ally of the Liao State, and he would be in vain in the Western Xia for more than ten years.

"Newspaper the capital. The Song army has passed the Qiantangyu, and even the two fortresses in the Wuding River can reach the city of Xiazhou in less than two days, please decide! That's when the scout came to report.

"Can you find out the location of the Song Army's marching brigade?" Xiao Heda threw down the food in his hand. Cheer up and ask.

"Report to the capital, the Song army dispatched a total of more than 50,000 people, and about 10,000 accompanying people, with the four battalions of the loyal and brave army of the prince of Song Yan and the Lanshi army of the Hedong army as the front army, the four battalions of the loyal army and the pro-army as the middle army, and the soldiers of the Zelu army of the Hedong army and the grain and grass for the rear army, twenty miles apart from each other along the main road and the river, according to the speed of the march, the rear army should stay overnight in Wuli Plateau tonight!" The scout reported.

"Did the former army really pass the dry soup valley?" Xiao Heda raised his head sharply and asked.

"Dutong, it is true that after Qiantangyu, their brigade passed through in turn by mutual vigilance. The scouts were twenty miles away, and we had to find out before many of our brothers died! The scout replied honestly.

"Very well, I'll reward you again!" Xiao Heda waved his hand to let the scout retreat, and called the marching Marquis Yu to spread out the sheepskin map and study it carefully...

Xiao Heda has been partnering with Brother Cha for many years, and knows that his combat wit is full of wit, no one in the Xia army can beat him, and his pro-army is all warriors who have survived a hundred battles, but they win first and then lose, and the killed pieces of armor are not left, which cannot help but shock him. Then the battle under the city of Xiazhou made him quickly understand why Brother Cha was defeated, and also let Xiao Heda understand the strength of the loyal army, so even if he successfully broke through the blockade line, he still did not dare to engage the Song army easily, he understood that the result of rushing forward and fighting hard was death.

If you can't do it, you can only come to Yin, Xiao Heda led his troops to approach several times to try night attacks and ambushes. But they had to give up because the Song army was heavily guarded, and the scouts of the Song army were equally powerful. They have found his whereabouts many times, biting them tightly, and in the end, he can only choose to escape to the desert, and he can only get rid of it by relying on the harsh environment. Sending a small force to attack and harass, Xiao Heda also thought about it, but he soon gave up, there were not many people he brought over, and he couldn't withstand the consumption at all, and he was the one who died the most. …,

Now it's okay, Shuzi still has to pick a soft pinch, the Song army is in a hurry to rush to the aid of Xiazhou City, the loyal and brave troops are all cavalry, they march fast, the baggage is difficult for the people to keep up, although they have the Hedong army to accompany the escort, but they still have the strength to fight against them, as long as the Song army's baggage is burned, their grain is cut off, it cannot be said that the Song army's expedition has been ruined, at least it can delay the speed of the Song army's attack, divide its forces, and win time for themselves. At this time, the Song army approached Xiazhou City, with their combat strength, there was no one to beat, and now they can only try, Xiao Heda's plan has been decided, but he has not lost his mind, and immediately sent scouts to reconnoiter in detail so as not to be hit...

Now it is close to the end of the month, as soon as the sun sets, the sky will soon get dark, Wuliyuan is lively again, on the old site of yesterday's camp, once again ushered in a team of Song army, the number is about 10,000 people, but it is mixed with most of the people, they set up simple tents in the camp at will, some people even lie on the ground, these people all rely on two legs to follow the army every day, driving pack animals, carts, carrying grain, extremely hard, after arriving at the ground, they have eaten hastily and rested.

The soldiers patrolling the camp knocked on the iron card, the whole camp was silent just after the hour, a few bonfires were burning around the camp, lighting up the night sky, the river and the road flashed from time to time a little bit of firelight, who knows that there have been many big battles here, digging a stove pit can dig out a lot of white bones, broken knives and guns, it is said that those little flickering fluorescence is said to be the soul of the dead? p> Huang Qiao, Zha Pan, Male Value, Si Jing, Neon, Kan Flai, Food, Yourate, Throwing Gong, Shaking Yan Huji? p>

"Guy, is there anyone over there?" The sentry standing guard at the gate suddenly saw a group of ghost fires moving, and when he heard that these things would gather together to follow when they saw the living, he was scared and asked the veterans around him.

"In this hellish place, some people are also dead, who will come to this kind of place at night and look for death!" The veteran glanced in the direction the sentry was pointing and pouted.

"No, man, how can I hear the sound of someone walking, listen carefully!" The sentry listened and pointed into the darkness.

"Don't fucking scare yourself, it's the sound of running water, be careful that I'll beat you up!" The captain became alert, but could not hear anything except the rumbling of the river and the chirping of the wind, and he slapped the sentry angrily and scolded.

"I just heard it, how could it not be?" The sentry shrunk his neck and muttered unwillingly, he looked outside the wall, but except for a dozen steps illuminated by the campfire, it was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything...

There was nothing to do all night, and the next morning, when everyone woke up and sorted out the camp tent, loaded the car and prepared to leave, a convoy rushed up, looking at the hideous dragon head painted on the carriage, everyone knew that this was the team of the loyal and brave army's baggage battalion, and they were much more blessed than themselves, in addition to the carriage, there were also large groups of horses and camels, and more than 1,000 people could top their capacity of tens of thousands of people. Today, there are only 100 carts and only about 500 people, and everyone guesses that their carts are moving slowly, so they fall behind and walk with them.

The two armies joined forces on the road, everyone thought that after a sweep ahead, the Xia army had already been frightened and hidden, but only sent a team of sharp soldiers to explore the road, and the rest of the men and horses walked slowly around the baggage. Less than five miles, in front of the Qiantangyu, the convoy into the maze of the river valley, if not for the front army left a road sign, it may not even be able to find the road.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack, be on alert..."The brigade entered Qiantangyu less than ten miles, just arrived at an open place, here is a node, several passages converge here, just as everyone is identifying the passage, a horse suddenly rushed back, the rider on the horse was covered in blood, hoarse shouting. …,

The 'boom' marching team blew up the camp at once, there were not only soldiers in this team, but also a large number of people, they were contributing, not dying, I heard that they had walked into the ambush circle of the Xia army, they were all frightened, and they wanted to run away when they threw down their things.

"Listen to my orders, there will be no mercy for those who stir up!" Just when everyone was panicking, one person stood up and shouted loudly, and a team of murderous soldiers immediately stood up behind him, which was like a thunderstorm on the ground, and the scene was calmed down.

"Under the account of Prince Yan, the general Zhao Zhi is under the account of Prince Yan, everyone is waiting to listen to my orders!" The man stood on the roof of a car and shouted with his knife drawn.

"The ninth general of Zelu Road is obeying Zhang Lan's orders!"

"The commander of the second battalion of the Loyal Warrior Army made Song Gang obey his orders!"

"Linzhou Sicang joins the army, Jia Yu obeys orders!"

"Jinning Army Lord Bo Wang Yi obeys orders!" Everyone didn't expect that there was such a big official as the loyal army hidden in this team, and they immediately rushed forward to receive the order, and everyone knew that if the road was so chaotic, everyone would be finished.

"Song Gang immediately arranged a car formation, blocked the Xia army, and covered the assembly of the whole army!"

"General Zhang Lan, you immediately divide two thousand troops to defend the car formation, and the rest of the people will protect the people and prevent chaos!"

"Jia joins the army, the king is Bo, you appease the people, and assist the soldiers to build a fortress to resist the Xia army!" Zhao Zhi's composure infected everyone, and everyone received orders one after another, led troops to execute, and the chaos was immediately quelled.

Although the loyal army was ambushed for the first time, but the anti-ambush drill was not the first time, Zhao Ta according to the combat characteristics of the Xia army, has been the protection of the baggage as a key training subject, thanks to the strict training in peacetime, the baggage battalion quickly according to the terrain will be 100 carts surrounded by a square formation of 200 steps wide, the gap in the middle with supplies and camping horses to fill in, but not waiting for them to perfect, the Xia army's arrows have been shot over... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )