Chapter 1137: Prelude to the Decisive Battle
Since there is no way to escape, it is better to gamble on fate, and let the Song people see the unyielding posture of the heroes of Western Xia; Yang Zhi also stood out among the heavy cavalry, and Mou Ning Keren's big axe and Yang Zhi's steel spear slammed together, making a fierce sound of gold and iron. Mou Ning Keren was so shocked that his body shook twice on the horse, and he was swept off the horse by Yang Zhi's subsequent shot, and his internal organs were torn apart and he died.
Several of the soldiers around Mou Ning Keren actually handed out their weapons, but at that moment, it seemed to have pierced an invisible cover, and they couldn't hand it in an inch. It wasn't until Mou Ning Keren fell off his horse that this resistance suddenly disappeared, but the move was old, and these personal soldiers were killed by the swarming heavy cavalry in the blink of an eye.
The banner of Mouning Keren was smashed down by Zhao Yi's room who rushed over, and the Western Xia army collapsed suddenly, and all of them fled in the way, becoming the target of the Dingbei army everywhere. The wind howled, the horses neighed, the heavy smell of blood permeated the snow, and flocks of vultures circled over the valley, not daring to fall.
The 5,000 Western Xia troops on the trail fled back by the same route after being ambushed by Sang Zhong, and were intercepted and killed by the cavalry of the 2,000 Dingbei Army wearing the heavy armor of the Jin Kingdom, the Western Xia, and the Great Song Dynasty, and only more than 400 people abandoned their horses and fled from the mountain road. In this battle, the Dingbei army killed 19,000 cavalry, captured more than 8,000 people, and captured 12,000 horses.
Yang Zhi's army immediately began to attack Wuyuan County, and learned that Mou Ning Keren was killed in battle, and Raida Gongji led an army of 40,000 to Youzhou, Ren Decong, Wu'er Siqi and others had to ignore the northern front and go south with all their might; Concentrated 60,000 people to counterattack, Raida Gongji was able to break through, the Western Xia army lost 7,000 people, but the 2,000 Poxi army was wiped out, and most of the 200 small stone throwers on the back of camels fell into the hands of the Dingbei army.
Western Xia is rich in Bactrian camels, and the Poxi army is a strong force on the back of camels, with small stone throwers mounted on the back of camels, although there are only 200 horsemen in battle, but the team to replenish supplies for the Poxi army is full of 1,000 people and 2,000 camels. This strongest cavalry cavalry in the Cold Weapon Era would not have been killed so easily, but it was only because of the melee between the Western Xia cavalry and the Dingbei Army that the power of the Poxi army was greatly reduced, and Yang Zhi prepared a chariot covered with cowhide in advance, that the Poxi army was forced into a desperate situation and finally eliminated.
Rao is like this, Yang Zhi still paid the price of 3,000 casualties, whether he was wearing heavy armor or whatever, in front of the stone throwing machine of the Poxi army, it was basically the same result;
Looking at the remnants of the weapons that were carried, Shen Chong held back for a long time before he said: "Value, Yang Zhi, don't worry, I will definitely study this kind of stone thrower, equip the Dingbei Army in the future, and return it to the Western Xia people tenfold." ”
The Xixia people also held their breath, one of the three major strong forces, the Poxi army was annihilated, which meant that all the elites that Brother Richard had spent decades building up were defeated by Ren Dejing and others; now what they can rely on is the capture army, fortunately, among the 160,000 army, 90,000 are capture army, Wu'er Siqi gritted his teeth and said: "Force Yang Zhi to fight a decisive battle." ”
The opponent is as cunning as a fox, not to mention Wu'er Siqi, even Ren Dejing, Hot Gongji and others, now they also feel the same way, they can't drink the opponent's fighting wit, they can only fight with the other party;
Wu'er Siqi said gloomily: "Attack Huanqing Road with all your might, kill people when you see them, and force Yang Zhiyuan to come from." ”
Wu'er Siqi and the Dingbei army have been dealing with the longest time, he found that with Yang Zhi's army more and more, the weaknesses that there were still in the Hetao were gradually filled by Yang Zhi, to say that Yang Zhi and the Dingbei army still have weaknesses, that is, they did not dare to let the people suffer, and the Western Xia army had been robbing the border of the Great Song Dynasty for many years, and wanted to make the people of the Great Song Dynasty have no way to live, not to mention too easy. Hot Gongji's face stiffened and said, "No." ”
Ren Dejing persuaded: "Lord Hot Gongji, don't be obsessed, the battlefield is a Shura field, and Yang Zhi is a Shura for Western Xia." The Buddha said, "If I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell." ”
After thinking about it for a long time, he finally let out a breath and said: "I am not a pedantic person, so according to what Lord Ren said, in order to facilitate the battle, all armies will be under the unified command of Lord Ren. ”
Ren Dejing scolded in his heart, the hot Gongji was humble on the surface, but he actually wanted to make himself infamy, but Ren Dejing didn't care, if he cared, Ren Dejing was originally the governor of Xi'an Prefecture in the Great Song Dynasty, and he would not take the initiative to take Xi'an Prefecture to Xixia. Ren Dejing pretended to hesitate, and waited for Wu'er Siqi and several people to express their positions before saying: "For the sake of Daxia, Ren is willing to do everything, since everyone loves him, Ren will be reluctant to make it difficult." ”
Ren Dejing asked the whole army to bring half a month's food, desperate to kill the Huanqing army, Liu Xi defended in Huanzhou, but Wang Yu did not hold Gyeongju, and was bought by Mu Wei Zhao Bin, the warden of Gyeongju soldiers and horses. Zhao Bin originally wanted to turn into a civilian job like Wang Cheng and take another step in his career, but he was beaten back by Wang Yu, and Wang Yu also publicly wrote to Taiyuan, saying that Zhao Bin was useless, so he was bought by Mu Wei's clansmen.
Zhao Bin opened Qingyang City, the Western Xia army entered the city, and Wang Yu's father and son were killed in battle. After the Dingbei army recovered Huanzhou, Yang Zhi prepared to move away from the Murong and Mu clans in Huanzhou, but Wang Yu received the benefits and let them live in Qingyang, and Zhao Bin was responsible for managing it; Zhao Bin rebelled, all Mu rebelled, and the Western Xia army killed and plundered, Qingyang became a hell on earth.
The mutation of Qingyang City made Yang Zhi have to start a decisive battle with Western Xia in Qingyang City. The Dingbei army is 110,000 and the Western Xia army is 150,000, and neither side intends to take a step back, and the world is in the spotlight for a while.
The situation that the Taiyuan side most wanted to see appeared, and Xu Huiyan ordered the whole army to attack, Longzhou, Hongzhou, Shizhou, Huizhou, and Suizhou; everyone understood that after the first battle between Western Xia and Yang Zhi, no matter whether they won or lost, they would not be able to fight a major war again, and the recovery of Wuzhou under the strategy of the Dingbei Army would be an ironclad matter.
Just when the army was dispatched, Zhao Kai followed Zhang Xiaochun's suggestion to prepare for the expedition, Zong Ze couldn't help but decline to take up the post of Taiyuan stay-at-home, and Zhang Xiaochun and Cao Qianli presided over the affairs instead. Zong Ying returned home and asked Zong Ze: "Does my father feel that what Xu Huiyan did was inappropriate?"
"No, it's not appropriate, it's a big taboo. Zong Ze said worriedly: "If Xu Huiyan sends troops early, the Western Xia army only dares to go to Huanzhou, how can they capture Qingzhou, and if Xu Huiyan has such a situation in the future, will Yang Zhi send troops?
Zong Ying was speechless, since it happened, he could only see if Yang Zhi was a person who learned to forgive others.