Chapter 1136: Ao Gu Mountain
Haba Lake is at the source of the quicksand belt, the desert within a radius of hundreds of miles is only dotted with sand willow forests, a piece of sand willow is churning in the sand sea with the wind, this season can no longer see the green, icicles overlap, the branches of the sand willow looming. At the edge of the desert are natural Wuliu forests and poplar forests, which still maintain their stubborn vitality even in such cold moments, becoming a unique scenery on the side of the road.
Mou Ning Ke Ren walked in the middle of the army, and was also moved by the upright vigor in front of him, looking at the graceful and graceful small poplars, Mou Ning Ke Ren sincerely sighed the unyielding life; the scouts reported that the convoy of the Xuan Lang Department was already within a range of 20 miles, and found the cavalry of the Dingbei Army coming to meet them, about 2,000 people, and the other party was fleeing south at full speed.
Mou Ning Keren nodded, but let go of the mind that had been hanging, the Dingbei Army did not hide its traces, there would be no ambush, and it could run to Aogu Mountain to respond, the Dingbei Army was not only bold, but also really extraordinary. Mou Ningke raised his horse's whip at any time: "The five thousand cavalry of the front army accelerated and pursued the fleeing rebels with all their might; the scouts spread out fifty miles and reported immediately if they found any abnormal situation; the army kept a distance of ten miles from the thousand troops and was ready to respond at any time." ”
On Aogu Mountain, less than 30 miles away from Haba Lake, Yang Zhi sat in the middle of a group of soldiers, patiently listening to the report of the scouts; the Western Xia army caught up with the convoy of the Langlang tribe seven miles away, and more than 1,000 soldiers of the Langlang tribe and 2,000 cavalry of the Dingbei army temporarily formed a formation, retreating while fighting, covering the convoy to escape all the way. It should be said that the results of the battle are still relatively ideal, so far, the 5,000 Western Xia army has not broken through the defense of the 3,000 coalition army, and the two sides are still entangled.
However, in the time of seven miles, Mou Ning Keren's army arrived, and in addition to arranging 5,000 cavalry to join the battle, 5,000 cavalry were also arranged to intersperse the mountain road from Aogu Mountain; Yang Zhi knew the condition of that road, and Sang Zhong's troops were ambushed on the road, and it was impossible for the Western Xia army to escape. Yang Zhi asked Yang Yizhong: "According to the speed of the Western Xia army, will both sides enter our ambush circle at the same time?"
This is a planned battle, although it is an ambush, but to be honest, Yang Zhi has no idea that he cannot succeed; the only thing that is uncertain is whether he can cover all the 30,000 Western Xia troops. Yang Yizhong is now Yang Zhi's number one general in Shaanxi, originally silently watching the whereabouts of the Western Xia army with a telescope, hearing that Yang Zhi was also a little nervous, and whispered: "Yang Shuai, everything has been arranged, no Poxi army has been found, I think that with the enemy in front of us as the main opponent, in order to prevent the 5,000 people from suddenly coming back, let Wang Gang's 2,000 heavy cavalry deal with it." ”
"Hmm!" This is a more secure method, Yang Zhi nodded, looked at the people around him and said: "Everyone, I don't need to say more, everyone knows the combat effectiveness of the Western Xia army, we can't let the Western Xia people have the possibility of fighting a good battle, and the first round of attack will make them lose confidence." ”
"Yang Shuai, don't worry!" Yang Yizhong put away his binoculars and walked towards the war horse: "It's not the first time I've fought with the Western Xia Army, I'll end the battle in the fastest time." ”
Yang Yizhong's disdainful tone caused a burst of laughter, Yang Yizhong is qualified to say this, the battle of Shuozhou, the battle of Hetao, the battle of the Dingbian Army, Yang Yizhong participated in all the battles against Western Xia, and he has never been defeated; Yang Zhi asked seriously: "When will Chongbin arrive?"
The Qin Fengjun led by Chong Bin will ensure the absolute superiority of the Dingbei Army in numbers, which will become the last straw that crushes the Western Xia Army; Yang Yizhong turned over and said: "It should be soon, according to the words of the scouts, there are still less than twenty miles, just when we are inseparable, we can rush up to break the balance; Doyi and Xu Wen should be ready, I will go first." ”
When Yang Yizhong reached the middle of the mountain, the army of the Western Xia army had already reached the middle of the valley, because half of the side was a mountain, and half of it was a frozen river, and the Western Xia army had enough way to retreat. In particular, the forward army was about to fight out of the river valley, and the Western Xia army breathed a sigh of relief, believing that the most dangerous moment had passed.
Xu Wen cut the rope in front of him with a knife, and thousands of boulders flew up in the air, raining down into the valley, and almost at the same time, three beautiful flames rose into the sky; The Western Xia army fell into a desperate situation in an instant, and the retreat of the river made the Western Xia army lose the courage to fight to the death, as long as those who could escape rushed to the river.
A series of explosions sounded, Mou Ning Keren and the soldiers around him watched in horror as strings of icicles rose on the ice, and then the ice on the entire river collapsed, and the Western Xia army, who had no time to restrain their horses, fell into the river one after another, and in the blink of an eye, more than 3,000 people disappeared without a trace, and almost the same people abandoned their war horses and fled to the river bank. At this time, the valley was quite narrow, and the bows and arrows on the high ground accurately harvested the lives of the Western Xia warriors in the crowd of the Western Xia army, and Mou Ning Keren gave the order to retreat.
But Mou Ning Keren knew that he was one step late, and the shouts on the high mountain shook the sky, and countless soldiers of the Dingbei Army rushed out of the ice and snow, followed the stones and arrows, and killed the Western Xia army; Mou Ning Keren was pale, and there were only a few thousand people around him, and it was difficult to exert effective command, and he could only escape with two or three thousand people at most, but if he withdrew like this, the 10,000 cavalry in front of him would be regarded as a gift to the Dingbei Army.
Mou Ning Keren was reluctant, and did not dare to abandon the men and horses, and in the chaos, he commanded his 1,000 pro-army as the main force to carry out a counterattack, wanting to win an opportunity for the retreat of 10,000 people in front; However, there were more and more cavalry of the Dingbei Army, and the Western Xia Army that was trying to counterattack was surrounded by several sections at once, and Yang Zhi's banner appeared on the mountain road, which made Mou Ning Keren's heart sink to the bottom.
Yang Zhi slowly put his horse forward, approaching Mou Ning Keren's handsome banner step by step, and behind Yang Zhi, a thousand elite cavalry followed closely. The cavalry of the Western Xia did not dare to stop it at all, and the 1,000 cavalry was the equipment of the Western Xia Harrier Army, which seemed to remind the Western Xia Army that the Harrier Army had been defeated, what else do you want? Feeling the tremor of the earth that was getting closer and closer, Mou Ning Keren understood that he was wrong, and that he was too eager to prove that he was capable of occupying a higher position in the Western Xia army.
Mou Ning Keren clenched the big axe in his hand, his killing intent burned in his chest, and roared at the soldiers beside him: "The one wearing red armor is Yang Zhi, kill him, and reward him with ten thousand taels of gold." ”