Chapter 504: Give Up
"Cai Gong, Zhou Zhijun sent news that it was Gyeongju who ordered him to send troops to Huanzhou the day after tomorrow." Scout reports.
"Got it, stand down."
"Whoa."
The scout retreated, Cai Ting looked at He Bin and said, "And the manager, there is still a lack of a striker under a certain account." ”
Zhou Yongqing sent troops the day after tomorrow, which also meant that the battle of Gyeongju began to flip. But Cai Ting took He Bin to Zhenrong Military City in person, not just to deal with Wang Ju, but also Tiandu Mountain.
He Bin is finally old, and he is a good candidate as the coach of this surprise soldier, but the army still needs a very brave striker to make this trip successful. This striker is very demanding, he must have a certain command ability and reaction ability, and he must be super able to play, and there are generals in Jingyuan Road, but in Cai Ting's heart, these generals are not very qualified.
He Bin thought for a long time and said, "I know that there is a person, but this person's qualifications are too shallow......"
"I'm not afraid of shallow qualifications, what qualifications does Wang Zi'an have."
"That's right," He Bin said, but he was not envious in his heart, if he won the credit of this trip, the credit was also extraordinary, and he was finally old, then this battle might draw a perfect end to his life.
"Who is this person?"
"This person is the Anbao clan of the Deshun Army, because of his outstanding martial arts, he was moved to the internal officer."
The internal officials of the Song Dynasty are divided into two kinds, one is the official position of eunuchs, also known as the inner east head worship officer, and the other is the military officer, the inner west head worship official, also known as the left servant, alias Zhong Xun Lang, belongs to the low-level military generals. In the past few years, there have been endless wars in the northwest, and there are many generals who have obtained this position or similar positions, but the Deshun army is relatively calm. If you don't fight, you can't be promoted. Unless there are special circumstances. For example, He Bin said that his martial arts are outstanding.
So as soon as He Bin said it, Cai Ting knew who it was, and this person was awarded the position of worship official, or he reported it to Xifu for approval.
"This guy is good." Cai Ting said.
The so-called heroes come out of troubled times, and the war in the northwest is endless, and this person will come out of his pocket sooner or later, but because of the promotion of this huge battle, many generals have stepped onto the stage one by one in advance. Including the general He Bin said.
After the candidate was decided, He Bin rubbed his hands with some excitement, he had made great achievements with Di Qingping Nong Zhigao before, but Nong Zhigao was finally Nong Zhigao, a little thief, but he was very unfamiliar with many people in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the forbidden soldiers were not adapted to the weather where, so it was a little tricky. But no matter what, how can Nong Zhigao be compared to Western Xia?
Cai Ting was a little amused and said, "And the manager." Don't rejoice too early, the Tanguts have a lot of troops in Gyeongju. Wang Ju wants to achieve his goal, but it is still difficult, one wrong step, one wrong step. ”
This is also true, such as the morning of the tenth day, the last light of dawn to be exact.
Wang Ju asked Yao Lin to drag on for a day, but if it dragged on for a day, it would mean that under the frenzied siege of the Western Xia people, there would be more casualties among the soldiers, and the difficulty of breaking through would undoubtedly increase relatively.
The last moments before dawn.
The morning star in the east has been lit up, but the weather is not very good on this day, and it is a little gloomy.
The northwest wind also whimpered, blowing a cold chill.
The sky is about to change.
However, looking at the weather, Yao Lin said, "God help us." ”
More than 1,000 officers and soldiers nodded silently together, but a joy also flashed in their eyes.
In fact, they fought very badly in the past two days, and when they came, they were more than 1,800 officers and men of the fourth battalion, and now they have also lost nearly 40 percent of their soldiers and horses.
Yao Lin went to the city, the enemy camp was quiet, and even the sentries were napping.
Successive night raids and night raids, the Tangut people have already paid attention to it. However, Wang Ju and Zhang Qi also expected this when they discussed it at the time, so they deliberately placed this breakthrough in the fifth and a half watches.
That is, in a little while the day will be light, and the enemy will be slackened, but at this time it will still be dark. That is, seize this moment and break through immediately. This is the speculation of the two Zhang Wang in the rear,
But Wang Ju also thought about it.
Because in this battle, Fort Merrey was small but extremely important, as long as Fort Merrey was breached, the three armies of Western Xia would be able to join forces along the way, and on the surface, it would pose a greater threat to Gyeongju. Therefore, Western Xia never thought that the Song army would take the initiative to abandon Fort America to break through.
But Yao Lin still obeyed Wang Ju's advice.
However, it has nothing to do with Wang Juxiang's reason, the reason why he continued to choose this time to break through is because the weather is still very cold at this time, especially during this period, he will sleep more soundly, and even if he wakes up, he will feel weak in his limbs.
Moreover, every night in the past two days, the Xia people took turns to attack until the third watch before resting, if the breakthrough was too early, some of the summer soldiers were still in the excitement, it was not conducive to the breakthrough.
Secondly, after breaking through, you must run fast and finish the fifteen-mile road, otherwise the cavalry will catch up, and the subordinates will be more auspicious, so you have to choose this time period, just after the breakthrough, the sky is bright and you can see the road clearly.
So the choice will be important.
is like Brother Yelu Xiu, who almost beat the entire Song Dynasty to the point of demoralization, but when he met Li Jilong, he was beaten by Li Jilong again and again so that he almost didn't even recognize his mother. It's still the Song soldiers, it's still those armors, and even the Song soldiers are still the Song soldiers after repeated defeats.
Compared with Wei Qingzong, Yao Lin is more in crisis, but he has always been very calm.
He continued to squint his eyes, looking at the Western Xia camp, the terrifying troops, to the east were 20,000 Ren Duo Lingding's subordinates, and to the west were 15,000 Liang Yi's subordinates.
However, because I didn't expect the Song army to abandon the city and break through, there was a slight gap in the camp of the Xia army in the west, although it was a little far from the road from Fort America to Dongguqi, but it didn't take long to really run.
"Wait a minute, we'll break through that gap." Yao Lin pointed in that direction and said to several commanders.
"But remember, no matter what, you can't let the enemy break up the formation, otherwise you will be surrounded by the enemy."
Once you are encircled, and there are so many enemies, you will never be able to escape. This is a simple truth, and it needs no explanation.
"Whoa."
Several people went down to the city, chewed the horses, and helped the wounded soldiers onto the horses, a lightly wounded soldier led a seriously wounded soldier, and the lightly wounded soldiers controlled the horses. Seriously wounded soldiers holding lightly wounded soldiers. When they came, there was only a battalion of cavalry. But the horse is enough.
The morning breeze tightened. The cold is even more pressing.
Yao Lin waved his hand silently, and the city gate opened.
More than 1,000 Song soldiers quickly slaughtered and pounced on the enemy camp. The Xia people really didn't have much defense, and when the sentry shouted, Yao Lin took the lead and had already pounced in front of them, raising his knife and cutting several Xia soldiers to the ground.
Song Bing then quickly pounced on the gate. broke into the enemy camp, didn't do much entanglement, and immediately followed Yao Lin to the gap.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack." The Natsu people shouted frantically.
But like a whirlwind, the Song army passed through this gap and rushed towards the avenue.
"Run." Yao Lin shouted.
Hundreds of Song soldiers strode forward, and the rest were wounded soldiers on horses. Although a horse carried two wounded soldiers, it was always faster than the infantry. Yao Lin also deliberately asked them to retreat in front, after all, these people had lost their combat effectiveness.
The horses in front are galloping, and the people behind are chasing.
It's still very cold in the morning. Coupled with the change in weather, the temperature is even lower. As a result, the ground was covered with frost, and even though they were all wearing non-slip shoes, from time to time soldiers slipped and fell to the ground. However, the front slipped, and the Song soldiers on the left and right behind immediately pulled it up.
This is also Yao Lin's repeated instructions in advance.
The light finally brightened, and the horses in front of them were faster, and there was no shadow in sight, but there was a sound of horses' hooves behind them.
Yao Lin pulled the horse to the side of the road, reined in the horse, and said loudly to the Song soldiers behind him: "Don't be afraid, we will arrive at Donggu Qi soon, and General Qin has already sent someone to answer in advance." ”
And he led by example, riding the temple at the rear. This calmed down the hearts of the three armies, and they continued to run forward at a steady trot.
Higashiya's figure had already appeared in front of him, but the enemy's cavalry had also chased after him.
At this moment, countless arrows were shot from the woods on both sides.
"There are volts." The Tangut shouted.
What Liang Yi neglected was the change in morale.
In the two-day offensive and defensive battle of the Lei people from Dashun City to Anjiang Fort and then to Rouyuan Village, at least the morale of Liang Yiburi and Liang Yongneng of the two Xia armies seriously declined.
At this time, some Xia soldiers continued to chase forward, but some Xia soldiers immediately reined in their horses, so the chasing soldiers had a strict chaos.
Yao Lin turned his head to see this situation, and he shouted, "Stop, stop." ”
More than 800 Song soldiers stopped together, and Yao Lin said again: "Turn around and shoot." ”
Yao Lin had not been in Gyeongju for a long time, but these battles also showed prestige, although the number of Western Xia troops was extremely large, but hundreds of Song troops obeyed the order, turned around with bows and arrows, and prepared to shoot.
This time, the pursuers behind were even more weak, and one of them shouted: "There is an ambush, withdraw." ”
Saying that, he turned his horse's head and fled, and when he fled, the other chasing Xia riders also fled backwards one by one.
Qin Bo flashed out of the forest laughing, and then said, "Withdraw immediately." ”
Don't take it seriously.
Only then did the group retreat safely to Donggu.
"The Song army withdrew?" When Ren Duo Lingding got the news, he was still a little unconvinced. But he stirred up greater doubts in his mind.
So far, the Western Xia has taken three fortresses of the Song Dynasty. There is a reason for taking Anjiang Fort, the Song Dynasty wants to eat the army of Ruding Ge, it is not enough to rely on that strange army, and the Song army of Anjiang Fort must be exhausted. But then Liang Yineng would inevitably take the opportunity to attack Anjiang Fort, so the Song Dynasty burned the city and blew up the mountain, and then threw a piece of ruins to Western Xia.
Taking the Slush Castle was a planned arrangement of the Song Dynasty, deliberately using this to confuse itself, such as letting the Murongs in the rear do their best to rebel and take the opportunity to annihilate them in one fell swoop. It is conceivable that if Western Xia could not take the Huanqing Road after the war, it would be easier for the Song Dynasty to govern Huanzhou in the future.
However, what did the Song Dynasty take the initiative to abandon Fort Merrey?
He felt that there must be something strange in the middle.
However, Gyeongju Castle only opens its gates for an hour and a half every morning for the inhabitants of the city to go out of the city to cut firewood, so the spies he sent will not be able to provide information until tomorrow. Without accurate intelligence, he had no way of judging the Song army's intentions.
But he couldn't help but think about it, Fort America was opened, the three armies met, Liang Yizhu immediately ordered to divide the troops to attack Wujiao Town, Yele Town, Xigu Qi and Donggu Town, and asked Renduo Lingding to watch the strength of Gyeongju City to see if he could besiege Gyeongju City.
There was no problem with this order, as the road was clear, Liang Yibury divided tens of thousands of troops from Fort Merry to Huai'an Town, which made the troops in the hands of Ren Duo Lingding surge, even if Yanda's forces were combined into one, compared with the Xia army's strength, he still did not dare to go out of the city to face the battle.
Therefore, he could only watch the huge Xia army surging through Huai'an Town and rushing to the rear. (To be continued......) R1292