1027. Chapter 1027
Due to the sudden relief of the pressure on the Jin army, it seemed that some kind of unwritten contract had been reached, and the tribes of the steppe flocked southward to raid the cities in the northern part of Xia, not only the vassal Jurchen forces such as the Mi'er beggars and the Tatars, but even the powerful Kereh and Qiyan people also began to move south.
The Xia army had not many soldiers and horses left, and it was unable to contain the crazy offensive of tens of thousands of cavalry, and was forced to retreat in a strong stronghold after three defeats.
At this time, Wu Jie, Xuanwu and Xuanyi troops came to Dingbian Town, and the power of the Song army was greatly boosted, and the front-line strength reached the forbidden army of five armies.
Wang De, the commander of the Xuanwu Army, went into battle, and he launched an offensive against the state city of Nanpingzhou with more than 10,000 Xuanwu soldiers, and the Xuanyi Army was responsible for support.
This is the living army of the Northern Servant Army, although the Ma Army troops are on the way back, but they still have elite chariots, as well as a large number of fierce infantry soldiers, plus the support of the township army, a large number of sophisticated siege equipment use, so that the attack is very smooth.
Wang De is not easy to deal with, this is the first battle to reinforce the Western Army, he is holding his breath, warning all the generals and colonels to cheer up, can only win and not lose, all departments are waiting to strengthen inspections, and there is a cower to engage in military law.
The momentum of the Xuanwu army was like a rainbow, with the military judge behind the sword, and the officials and soldiers of all the departments were all brave, and they were almost not paid much price for the outlying strongholds of Nanpingzhou.
Under the cover of the powerful firepower of the stone throwing machine and the reinforced bed crossbow, the Song army fought extremely bravely, and Wang De even supervised the battle under the city. The style of an army is cultivated, the first general is extremely important, the Xuanwu Army adheres to Wang De's style, the combat style is quite fierce, has always been able to fight both tough battles, and can swing field battles, known as the Yaksha of the forbidden army.
Nanping Prefecture is just the periphery of Xiping Mansion, that is, the garrison point of the Xiangqing Army, the Xia Army implemented strategic contraction, the external stronghold was weak, and it was no longer subject to the grand occasion of nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses stationed, coupled with the rapid and rapid offensive of the Xuanwu Army, the defenders resisted for only one day, and they were cut off and seized.
Wang De exerted the brutality of the Song army to the extreme, just like the Zhang butcher in the South China Sea, he did not want to take prisoners, and the Xuanwu army carried out a brutal massacre of the city, killing thousands of people in one day, most of them were living people, for which he was reprimanded by Wu Jie.
However, Wang De didn't care, thinking that the Xia army was not going well, and the people in the city also resisted stubbornly, so they should be executed for the same crime, which can deter the party and the people.
However, this battle also made the Xia army frightened, and the atrocities of the Song army spread out, strengthening the determination of some people to fight to the death, and also shaking some people, for fear that they would be slaughtered if they resolutely resisted.
Wu Jie had no choice but to declare that the slaughter of Nanping Prefecture was because the whole city resisted, as long as it did not resist and returned to the imperial court, the soldiers and civilians in the city could avoid death, even if the Xia military officials were responsible, the residents could not resist, and those who resisted together with the army and the people would not be left in the city, and the wealth would be used by the officials.
The announcement of the Song army caused a sensation, whether it was Xiping Mansion or Jingzhou and Huaizhou, they were all in a state of panic, but there was another benefit, that is, the officials of various ministries asked for war one after another.
Without it, at the beginning of the war in the northwest, the imperial court restrained all ministries from opening the killing ring without permission, with the precedent of Wang Yasha and the permission of Wu Jie, who doesn't want to get rich!
At this time, the Song army launched an operation on the northern periphery of Xiping Province, intending to take Dongguan Town and establish a flank position for the attack on Xiping Province.
The leader is the Shengjie army, these proud soldiers were full of interest, wanted to take Dongguan Town to make a fortune, but did not expect to meet the opponent, when they arrived at Dongguan in a menacing manner, unexpectedly Guli Hei launched a counterattack.
Kan Xian led 2,000 cavalry to make a detour, cut off the rear road of the Song army, and cooperated with more than 7,000 cavalry with black bones to carry out a stormy blow to the Shengjie army.
Where did the Shengjie army think of the opponent's sharp counterattack, or nearly 10,000 elite horse troops, they were beaten badly at the beginning, the front army was completely dispersed, and the Chinese army was disrupted.
Even if the chariot soldiers and horse army turned the tide, they could not turn the tide of the battle, but fortunately, the Yunyi army arrived in time, stabilized the position, and blocked the Xia army's more than ten fierce attacks, I am afraid that it is impossible to maintain it for too long with the chariot soldiers and horse army of the Shengjie army alone.
Guli Hei saved a little pitiful face, tactical victory, it is impossible to have a huge impact on strategy, in the face of the pressure of the two armies, he wisely gathered his troops and horses, Xiping Mansion ruled the city, has been exposed to the blade of the Song army.
When the news reached Xingqing, there was another big chaos, Xiping Mansion was only more than 100 miles away from Xingqing, and now it was exposed in front of the Song army, which was really worrying!
When everyone had their own thoughts, he didn't bother to participate in it, and he was standing outside the Xiuning Hall of the palace at this time.
This time, he came to say goodbye to his sister-in-law, they are brothers and sisters with very good feelings, since he became the crown princess, he served in the army again, and they saw each other less, but their feelings were not weak, and they were about to leave, and they were still uncertain about the war, so they naturally wanted to meet.
"Big brother, this time is extraordinary, you have to be cautious, and try to retreat as much as you can." Although she is in the harem, she is also an understanding person, the eastern part of Great Xia is finished, and the north is being harassed by the grassland tribes, and the provincial Weicheng has actually become a barrier in the north of Xingqing, facing the attack of the Song army and barbarians, and is in an extremely dangerous situation.
He didn't understand that he knew the difficult situation better than the Gang family, and thought that it was the most dangerous disaster in Great Xia, the domestic natural disaster**, the foreign heroes were eyeing each other, the Great Song Dynasty was a tiger that wanted to eat people, the Jurchens were hungry wolves who wanted to share meat, and the grassland barbarians were vultures that grabbed food, all of which made Great Xia in the wind and rain.
Don't look at the murder of the Song army in Xiping Mansion, in fact, the most deadly should be the north of the province of Weicheng, once the province of Weicheng is taken, it will completely cut off the connection between Xingqing and the important grain producing areas, and then wave the army to the south, Xingqing, which lacks food and medicine, is the thing to explore.
As for the assistance of the Jurchens, others believe that the Jurchens will never give up, but he doesn't think so, the battle is fought to this point, the Song army occupies the absolute initiative, he doesn't think that the Great Song Dynasty is not guarded against the Jurchens, and people will not be stupid enough to start a war rashly.
The tribes of the steppe suddenly went south, it should be some kind of bad signal, without the release of the Jurchens, those barbarians would never have gone south, he wrote two days ago to hope that Li Renxiao would pay attention, and Jian yƬ immediately prepared a way to retreat, but was ruthlessly refused.
However, he was more concerned about his sister's situation, Li Renxiao was infatuated with Ren's, and the scandals that came out made him worry a lot, and said softly: "I'm fine, but you have to be more careful." ā