Di Qing's army is simply timely rain for the Southern Route Army, but it is just timely rain, and there is no ability to change his life against the sky, and the fact that Chong Shiheng died in battle cannot be changed, all because of the more than 100 artillery pieces.

They are not only the magic of the Great Song Dynasty's broken city, but also an important burden to the army, otherwise 100,000 people would have set up camp early to fight to the death against the Western Xia people, and they would not continue to abandon the army and die generously, all in order to protect these artillery.

When the army carries artillery, all the focus is on the artillery, although this thing can help, but it also distracts the army, dare not take the initiative to attack, cover up the enemy, the public wants a point, Chong Shiheng and Zhi Weizhong are not confident, they are worried that under the encirclement and suppression of the 300,000 army of the Tangut people, the army will be defeated, and they are more worried that these artillery will fall into the hands of the enemy and become a sharp weapon for the enemy to deal with the Great Song Dynasty.

Chong Shiheng, Zhi Weizhong, and even Yang Huaiyu, all of them do the same thing, to protect the safety of artillery, only when the artillery is safe can they give it a go, even if it is worth paying a big sacrifice, Di Qing feels that they are pedantic, even stupid, but what he doesn't know is that this is because these people have seen the amazing destructive power of artillery, anyone who has seen the scene after more than 100 artillery guns fired at one end will be shocked by them and speechless, if you want to destroy the country of Western Xia, the importance of artillery is self-evident.

This is a matter of trade-offs, in the eyes of Chong Shiheng, these artillery pieces are more important than the lives of the soldiers of the Southern Route Army, and they are the sharp weapons of the Great Song Dynasty to destroy the Western Xia, so he will let the army retreat and leave the palace behind, the only thing he didn't expect is that the 300,000 troops dispatched by the Western Xia came to encircle and suppress their 100,000 people.

The Tanguts retreated, or rather, frightened by Di Qing's hoplites, every horse, every knight had solid plate armor, and in the sunlight there was no shimmering metallic luster but an uncomfortable layer of black.

Each of the cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty has achieved the armor of men and horses, and this rich financial resources alone is not something that Western Xia can have, but this is not all, the horse lance on the victory hook of the saddle is a coveted thing, the number of cavalry of the Han family is not very large, but they spend a lot of thought on the cavalry, and this horse lance alone may see the excellence of the Han family.

With such a powerful cavalry, I really can't think of why the Great Song Dynasty didn't attack the more powerful Liao Dynasty, but wanted to destroy the Western Xia. After the destruction of wool, the national strength of the Western Xia was basically exhausted, and the only thing that could be done was to barely survive, and the Great Song Dynasty wanted to destroy the Western Xia, which was obviously the best time, but it also gave the Liao Dynasty time to recuperate.

The Western Xia was weak, but the Liao Dynasty was strong, if the Great Song Dynasty marched into the Liao Dynasty, wouldn't it be better to turn around and destroy the Western Xia? But obviously he didn't know Zhao Zhen's thoughts, Western Xia was too important to the Great Song Dynasty, the land of Hetao was not only plugged into the south of the Yangtze River, but also the land of horse grazing that he urgently needed!

The smallest of the three kingdoms in the Western Xia has a good and immortal Huaxia, no, to be precise, the largest military horse farm in Asia, Shandan Military Horse Farm, its long history can be traced back to BC, founded by the Western Han Hussar General Huo Quai!

This is something that belongs to the Han family, Zhao Zhen has to take it back no matter what, the Shandan military horse field is flat, the water and grass are abundant, it is an ideal place for horses to breed and grow, Zhao Zhen will put him in the army, directly under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, and will never be handed over to others to interfere.

The Great Song Dynasty had powerful Arabian war horses, and once they were bred in the Shandan Military Horse Farm with an area of more than three million acres, the sharp increase in their number could solve all the needs of the Great Song Dynasty for war horses in one fell swoop.

Is the Liao Dynasty so easy to fight?

The Great Song Dynasty only had enough horses to use after taking Fengsheng Prefecture, but the Chahar Plain could not completely solve the Great Song Dynasty's demand for war horses, the king of land warfare in this era was the cavalry, and the powerful cavalry was the most important force to deter a country, and with cavalry it could deter any country and conquer any piece of land.

The destruction of the Western Xia alone was already stretched thin for the Great Song Dynasty, let alone the Liao Dynasty? And the reason for this situation is also very simple, when the Great Song Dynasty made a move against the Western Xia, he still had to worry about the Liao Dynasty, if the Western Xia was pacified, the Great Song Dynasty could deal with the Liao Dynasty wholeheartedly.

This is a kind of political wisdom, not like the instinctive thinking that is not hidden.

The Tanguts retreated under the onslaught of the Great Song cavalry, and the sharp horse lances harvested thousands of lives in a short encounter, but the Tanguts were lightly armed, and the explosive power of the horses was stronger than that of the Abbasid war horses of the Great Song Dynasty, so that they barely escaped, and Di Qing did not intend to chase down, so the army slowly withdrew.

The 20,000 people led by Zhi Weizhong have basically been killed in battle, and the generals of the headquarters have also suffered heavy casualties, and when they saw Di Qing's army, they knew that their lives had been saved, and they stood up tremblingly and said, "Is the firearms battalion safe?" ”

Di Qing looked at the scarred veteran in front of him and nodded: "There are a lot of artillery, and they are intact!" ”

Zhi Weizhong took a long sigh of relief and asked, "...... is he handsome?"

Di Qing shook his head: "The marshal sacrificed his life for the country, but at an important juncture, the two marshals generously went to the death to protect the country's sharp weapons, Di Qing admired!" If it weren't for the two of them scattering the enemy army one after another, making the battle line of the Tangut people stretch so long, Yang Huaiyu would not have held out until now, and the firearms battalion would not have escaped safely......"

Zhi Weizhong waved his hand: "Don't say this, the handsome is the real hero!" His handsome banner alone attracted the 100,000 troops of the Tangut people, I just did my meager efforts, not worth mentioning, the old man is afraid that he will not be able to go to the battlefield, everything is left to Di Shuai! I only hope that Di Shuai will treat my sons and daughters of the Southern Route Army well. ”

Di Qing bowed down and said, "Dare not obey your fate!" ”

The war continued, but the death of Chong Shiheng was a big blow to the Southern Route Army, Di Qing took care of the family, and reinstated the three officials of Chong Xu, Chong Diagnosis, and Chong Ge, and did not punish more, nor did he ask for guilt, and the two handsome seals in Yang Huaiyu's hands were handed over to Zhi Weizhong to bring back to the court.

The children of the seed family brought Bai Xiao, and the same was true of the soldiers of the Southern Route Army, their seed commander died in order to let them withdraw, and a commander like a father died in battle, and it was not impossible for the whole army to wear filial piety, Di Qing simply turned a blind eye, at least the combat power of this army was amazing.

Looking at Xiping Mansion not far away, Di Qing turned his head to Yang Huaiyu and said: "This battle is when you show your skills, the artillery has not yet arrived, you have to pay a lot of money to attack the city, have you thought clearly?" ”

Yang Huaiyu showed a cold smile: "Di Shuai, do you know how long the soldiers of my Southern Route Army have been waiting for this moment?" ”