Chapter 153: The Western Xia Army is infighting

Desperately Saburo Shixiu looked at Li Zaijiu's departure, he could let him go, or he could catch it back, he knew that as long as this guy went back, then it would be difficult for the 20,000 soldiers of the Milli tribe to participate in the war this time to retreat, in other words, before the start of the war, the internal strife within the Western Xia Army began.

When will the internal strife happen and how many people will die, this is not a matter of concern to Shi Xiu, what he has to do now is to hurry up and go to the Mili Ministry, to tell the Mili Mountains that the 20,000 Mili tribe warriors who participated in this war will not be able to keep it, and it will be a bubble if they want to take revenge on the fine sealing department, unless they show greater sincerity to let the Song army come forward, otherwise, let alone revenge, the danger of exterminating the clan is imminent.

The warriors of the Mili tribe who participated in the pursuit did not bring good news to the Mili Peaks, under the attack of five hundred people, Li Zaijiu actually disappeared, although it is possible that he was killed, but it is more likely that he escaped. In this way, the secret of the Mili tribe's collusion with the Song army will be revealed, and then the catastrophe is just around the corner.

What to do, whether to flee overnight, or take the initiative to confess to Brother Richard, the king of Jin, or take the initiative to attack. In the end, the sinister and cunning Mili Qunfeng had an extremely bold idea, that is, to unite the Song army to attack Brother Richard, so that there might be a glimmer of life.

The so-called glimmer of life in the Mili Qunfeng is that he and his two sons Mili are fighting in battle, and Mili Zhanjiang can escape, as for the other 20,000 Mili tribesmen, it doesn't matter.

Time is pressing, and when Li Zaijiu comes back, not only will he come, but Milley Qunfeng asked Milley to lead a team of men and horses out to inspect Li Zaijiu's figure, and once he finds it, he will be killed directly, so that Milley Zhanjiang will change his disguise and go to the Song army camp to ask for help.

Liu Zhenglong was not surprised at all by Mili Qunfeng's request for help, the entire bureau was laid out by himself, every step was deliberated many times, this request for help, and the upcoming infighting in the Xixia military camp were all planned, and they were all part of this bureau.

Mili Zhanjiang briefly explained the situation, and finally this guy said, "I hope that your Excellency will lend a helping hand." ”

"Aid, how to help, does Milli Qunfeng have a plan?" Liu Zhenglong is not in a hurry at all, now that he has the initiative, it depends on what price the fool Mili Qunfeng can come up with.

Mi Li Zhanjiang briefly explained his father's plan, and finally he said, "Now the King of Jin, Brother Richard, has not noticed anything, as long as the two of us join forces and suddenly launch an attack, we will definitely be able to catch him off guard." ”

Liu Zhenglong was not interested in this fool's plan at all, and if he continued according to this plan, then his Long Xiang army would be slaughtered in the past, and the casualties would be very huge. He smiled and said, "This official has a plan, but it needs to be approved by Mili Qunfeng. Not only can he ensure that he will retreat with his whole body, but at least he will deliberately take 10,000 warriors back, and by the way, he will help him ascend to the throne of the tribal leader. ”

"And what are your conditions?"

"The ranch of 100,000 war horses, this condition is not high, of course, as compensation, this official will give Mili Qunfeng 30,000 sets of armor, weapons, one million catties of pig iron, and two million yuan of materials, if it works, it will be tomorrow and the third watch, if not, then it will be left to fend for itself."

Liu Zhenglong's conditions are harsh to the limit, and the 100,000 horses are obviously not something that Mili Qunfeng can give, even if the entire Mili Department can't take it out, this also includes the war horses plundered by the Mili tribe after destroying the Xifeng tribe. It shows how harsh the conditions are, but the compensation is indeed a lot, and its value has far exceeded 100,000 war horses.

Mili Zhanjiang didn't have so many brains, and he agreed without thinking about it, but such a big thing still needs to be decided by Mili Qunfeng in the end.

After Mi Li Zhanjiang left, Liu Zhenglong directly raised his account, taking advantage of the internal strife in Western Xia, to fight to annihilate the Jin King Li Chage and get the first shot.

Liu Zhenglong briefly talked about the situation of the Milly tribe, and finally he said, "This official is not discussing with you whether you should help Milly Qunfeng, but conveying the military order, and firing the first shot against the Jin King Richard Brother, this battle does not seek to defeat the 100,000 cavalry of the Jin King Xixia in a battle, but only to show our momentum and military might, so that the Western army that is watching behind believes that we can annihilate the 100,000 cavalry." ”

This time, all the people who participated in the military meeting were the commanders of the forbidden army, the commanders of the Longxiang army, and there was no general of the Western Army who participated in this battle, and the Western army was just shouting and cheering in this battle, unless the Longxiang army won, they would join the war group.

The official family promised 100,000 forbidden troops to the Western Front, but it was a long process to transform these 100,000 forbidden troops into Long Xiang's army, and this battle was very important, which is why Liu Zhenglong insisted on launching a war of annihilation against Richard and why he insisted on not letting the Western Army participate in the war at the beginning.

Liu Zhenglong took out the first military order and said, "Golden Gun General Xu Ning, you lead 10,000 forbidden troops to kill from the garrison of the Mili tribe, and cooperate with the Mili tribe to attack the military camp of the Western Xia army, they are cavalry, you are infantry, so let the cavalry of the Mili tribe charge at the front, remember not to rush." ”

If it weren't for the last time Gao Yu commanded Ma Qi to die in the attack on Liangshan, if it weren't for Liu Zhenglong's military exploits when he conquered Liangshan, he would not have had the opportunity to lead the team this time. Xu Ning is a person who knows how to repay his kindness, he is grateful to Liu Zhenglong for his promotion, and secretly vows in his heart to fight bravely on the battlefield and repay his benefactor by making meritorious contributions.

"The Last General's Order." Xu Ning knew that no matter how much he said, it was false, and it was better to fight bravely to kill the enemy.

After Xu Ning went down, Liu Zhenglong continued, "Li Yun, you lead 10,000 forbidden troops to insert from the camp of the Xifeng tribe, don't rush in, only kill the enemy on the periphery, retreat after an hour, don't fall in love." ”

In the end, Liu Zhenglong said: "This official personally led the Long Xiang army to meet Brother Richard for a while." Yang Zhi, you will lead 10,000 cavalry of the Zhejia army with Zhe Yanhu to attack the Western Xia cavalry on the flank of the Longxiang army. Tomorrow the second watch will set off, and the third watch will be action, with the fire of the Milli Department as a signal. ”

After the arrangement was made, Liu Zhenglong sent someone to call Liu Fa, Liu Zhongwu, Zhe Keqiu, Qu Duan and others to the big tent, he didn't go around in circles, and directly said the plan for the battle, and finally this guy said, "This battle, you just need to watch the battle, after this battle, we will not attack Western Xia again, wait for Brother Richard to attack, they will attack, we will defend, the victory will be seen in half a month." ”

Everyone didn't expect that there would be internal strife in Western Xia before the origin of the war, but everyone also knew that this was part of the war, and it seemed that this scene had long been in the layout of Lord Liu, and they secretly gave a thumbs up.

100,000 war horses, this condition is harsh to the limit, completely beyond the expectations of Milly Qunfeng, but he did not get angry, after all, the other party is not taking advantage of the fire to rob, but a super high value exchange, to put it bluntly, he also made a lot of money, but the battle is not like this.

Although I know that I will not suffer a loss, but 100,000 war horses are too much, and it will be difficult for the Milli Ministry to recover for many years after that, and the Milli Clan Peak does not know how meaningful this deal is to him, just to survive, just to become the leader of the Milly Ministry?

Without this deal, the position of the leader of the Milley Department has always been out of his favor, and this step is too difficult. It was only a long time since Mili Qunfeng was embarrassed, because he received the news that the Mili battle column had failed to stop Li Zaijiu, and this seriously injured guy was already under the control of Li Chago, the king of Jin.

Time waits for no one, and Li Zaijiu may tell the story of Mili's rebellion and participation in the assassination at any time, and this matter hangs above the head of Mili Qunfeng like a sword of Damocles, and this guy who is dizzy finally chooses to cooperate with the Song army and betrays Western Xia.

After making up his mind, Mili Qunfeng gathered all the commanders of the Mili Ministry, and he did not go around in circles, and directly said that the operation failed, and the Mili Ministry was wiped out, and if he wanted to survive, he could only attack the Wuzang tribe with the support of the Song army, which was the weakest opponent, as long as the impact was successful, then he could successfully break through under the cover of the Song army.

Of course, Mili Qunfeng did not say that he wanted to be the leader of the tribe, after all, it was inappropriate to say it at this time, but as long as these commanders followed him to participate in this battle, it would be impossible to get off the ship in the future.

Faced with the question of the life and death of the tribe, the commanders did not hesitate, and everyone chose to fight to the end. This is the Milli Department, although the total population and strength are only ranked third among the eight major tribes of Western Xia, but the combat effectiveness far exceeds the first Tuoba Department and the second Fine Seal Department, which has a lot to do with the fact that this tribe is brave and good at fighting and likes to fight fiercely.

Now that it has been decided, then the rest of the matter is simple, Mili Qunfeng divided the 20,000 warriors of the Mili tribe into three teams, the left team of 5,000 cavalry led by the day Mili battle column to attack the Wuzang tribe from the left, the right team of 5,000 cavalry from the Mili Zhanjiang from the right side to attack the Wuzang tribe, he personally led the army of 10,000 to carry the Wuzang tribe from the front.

The Wuzang tribe is the weakest, and the combat effectiveness is also the worst, and it is next to the Mili tribe, it is obvious that it is most appropriate to attack them, and the Wuzang tribe is loyal to the Jin king Richard, such an attack will mess up the whole situation, which is conducive to the Song army's coordinated operation.

On the second watch, the Mili Department had already sharpened its knives and was ready to open the knife to the Wuzang tribe, but at this time, the chief general of the Wuzang tribe, Wuzang Yunfeng, threw himself into the net, it turned out that this guy had long wanted to marry Milina, the daughter of the leader of the Mili tribe, Mili Qunshan, you must know that this is the first beauty in Western Xia, and there are too many people who want to marry, as a new generation of warriors, of course, he is no exception.

When Mili Qunfeng heard that Wuzangyun Peak was coming, he was immediately overjoyed, he didn't expect that this guy would throw himself into the net, and without the existence of this No. 1 warrior of Western Xia, then the chance of winning by attacking Wuzangbu was greater.

Mili Qunfeng asked his two sons to greet Wuzang Yunfeng.

The first warrior of Western Xia was eliminated in a daze before he went to the battlefield, and this guy Mili Xiaoqi took dozens of warriors to change into the clothes of the Wuzang tribe and escorted Wuzang Yunfeng back.

The soldiers of the Wuzang tribe thought that Wuzang Yunfeng was drunk, and they didn't get suspicious, so they let Mili Xiaoqi and the others in, but as soon as these guys entered, they quickly occupied the gate and greeted the warriors of the Mili tribe.

On the day of the third watch, when the soldiers of the Wuzang tribe were sleeping, the warriors of the Mili tribe came in, and the cavalry launched a brutal killing, constantly rushing forward.

Due to the accidental death of Wuzang Yunfeng, the Wuzang tribe can be said to be a group of dragons without a leader, plus the strength is already very weak, in the face of the warriors of the Mili tribe who are like tigers descending from the mountain, they were killed for a while and fled in all directions, and they couldn't stop an effective counterattack at all.

While killing, while lighting fires, for a time there were no hidden tribes in flames, everywhere there was firelight, everywhere was killing, and the shouts pierced the silent night sky.

At the beginning, Brother Richard, the king of Jin, didn't realize that it was the betrayal of the Milley tribe, but he thought that the Song army was coming, he was not very alarmed, the Song army was short of horses, even if it was a night attack, as long as the camp was strictly guarded, there would not be much of a problem.

However, when it was believed that the fire came from the Wuzang tribe, the Jin King Richard realized that the problem was serious, and the war burned to the point that the Mili tribe was defeated by the Song army, or the Mili tribe escaped, or the Mili tribe provoked civil strife, but no matter what the result was, it was very serious, and the Wuzang tribe could not resist it, so he could only hurry up and dispatch troops.

At this time, the position of the Xifeng tribe was in chaos, and then a Song army came straight over. It is clear that on this night, the Song army launched an attack without warning.

Wanting to use 80,000 infantry to attack the battalion of 100,000 cavalry is simply hitting a stone with an egg, at this time, Brother Richard, the king of Jin, felt that Liu Zhenglong was a very stupid guy, how could he choose such a night raid?

When he saw a big handsome flag in the ranks of the Song army, and there was a big 'Liu' on it, Brother Richard, the king of Jin, firmly believed that this was the general attack of the Song army, and Liu Zhenglong was coming, so it seemed that there was going to be a dragon and tiger fight this time.

Richard ordered his men to counterattack, and he personally led 10,000 cavalry of the Tuoba Division to meet him head-on.

The Song army appeared to be aggressive, but in fact the attack was advancing slowly, first firing from a distance with bows and crossbows, and the infantry slowly advancing forward under the cover of the crossbow arrow-covered attack.

This kind of step-by-step pressing style of play, is the best way to encounter the infantry against the cavalry in the encounter, although this will lose the initiative, the attack lacks mobility, flexibility, but the casualties will be reduced, and the cavalry villa is difficult to play the advantage of mobility, every cavalry impact, will make the two armies collide together, the long spear pierced into the body of the horse, pierced into the body of the cavalry, a large number of cavalry fell, the speed of the attack will be curbed to the maximum.

On the other hand, because the infantry is advancing layer by layer, once the formation is dispersed by the cavalry, it will be like a live target, welcoming the cavalry's merciless killing, slashing, and horse trampling, it can be said that countless infantry will die like this, and the entire battlefield will become a meat grinder, and the field will be bloody and terrifying.

Liu Zhenglong wanted this effect, he just wanted to entangle the Jin King Richard and the main force of Western Xia, so as to win time for the other teams.

Although it was infantry, this was the strongest fighting force of the Great Song Dynasty, and when it encountered the cavalry of the Western Xia Tuoba Division, the Long Xiang army was not timid at all, and slowly advanced forward while attacking with a bow and crossbow.

The distance between the two armies is getting closer, and this encounter is destined to be bloody and brutal. Brother Richard waved the command flag, and the cavalry of the 1,000 Tuoba tribesmen rushed towards the Song army like a whirlwind under the leadership of Wei Mingjunhai.

The dense crossbow arrows were thrown at forty-five degrees, and the crossbow arrows that fell from the sky were very lethal, shooting through the armor of the departing cavalry, and more than two hundred cavalrymen fell to the ground in the first wave of fire, followed by the second wave of attacks.

Since the distance between the two sides was so close, after the second wave of crossbow arrows fired, the crossbowmen began to retreat quickly, and the spearmen met them, and the spears more than a foot long formed a strong defensive line, which looked very spectacular.

The first row of spearmen was half-crouched on the ground, the back of the spear was on the ground, the spearmen were in a half-crouching state, and the spearmen in the second row were standing up straight, holding their spears in both hands to meet the onslaught of the Tangut cavalry.

The cavalry was pierced by spears when they rushed up, the horses fell, and the cavalry was pierced with countless bloody holes and fell to the ground piece by piece. Countless spears were broken, and countless spearmen were trampled to death by horses.

The two armies were mixed together, and the cavalry had no impact, no speed, and no mobility, and directly became infantry on horseback, quite passive, and it was very difficult to dodge in the face of spears.

If the speed of the cavalry is dead, then the cavalry and infantry will basically be one to one, and no one will suffer. The melee like a meat grinder makes people look like they have arrived in a hell, and there is a creepy and chilling feeling.

The Longxiang army held its ground and did not attack again, and maintained the glory of the Longxiang army with the most tenacious defense. No matter how big the casualties were, Long Xiangjun resolutely did not wait for a single step.

Facing the dragon army defending like a hedgehog, the cavalry of the Tuoba Department could not give full play to their own strengths, and could only attack again and again like a brute bull.

Liu Zhenglong, who was watching the battle from afar, did not have the slightest intention of adjusting the deployment, as if it was not the Long Xiang Army that died, but the ants, he knew that the Long Xiang Army wanted to really conquer the world, this level must be resisted, no matter how many people died, even if it was the last person left, he had to hold on, and he resolutely could not take a step back.

The whole battlefield can be said to be a mountain of corpses, the Western Xia cavalry constantly changed the strategy of impact, and constantly increased the speed of impact, but every time it seemed to hit the wall of sighs, except for the casualties brought by the impact to the Song army, it seemed that there was nothing, and it could not break through the Song army's defensive position at all.

Is this still Song Jun? Or is this still human? In the face of the almost barbaric impact of the cavalry, countless Song troops were killed and trampled by horses, but the soldiers in front fell, and the soldiers in the back made up, although the position was encroached on by the Western Xia cavalry little by little, but the Song army behind continued to rush forward, and the entire defensive array was still immovable.

Time passed minute by minute, and Liu Zhenglong's face was still expressionless, as if the whole person was not on the battlefield at all, but he clearly saw the calm expression of Brother Richard, the king of Jin, through the night vision goggles he made.

Brother Richard's calmness is a manifestation of ignorance in Liu Zhenglong's opinion, at most another quarter of an hour, this guy will not be calm, the entire Western Xia army is dragged to death, so that the cavalry of the Milly tribe can attack unscrupulously, Xu Ning and Li Yun's 20,000 forbidden troops also began to stabilize their positions, the whole battle situation has been opened, and the Western Xia army can't give full play to the advantages of many soldiers and horses, but is trapped to death.

The cavalry of the Mili tribe was like a lion, constantly dividing and encircling the defeat of the Wuzang tribe, and when the butcher knife was raised high and cut down, the soldiers of the Wuzang tribe were constantly beheaded.

The 10,000 forbidden troops led by Xu Ning followed the cavalry of the Mili tribe to cover and kill into the position of the Wuzang tribe, and the task of the forbidden army was not to attack, but to kill and assist the attack of the Mili tribe.

When the 10,000 forbidden troops swept into the position of the Wuzang tribe, the warriors of the Mili tribe began to attack the next position, and the Mili Qunfeng originally wanted to break through the position of the Wuzang tribe and then fled, but then this guy changed his mind and began to kill towards the position of the Tuoba tribe, he mainly did it to show the Song army, so that the Song army could see how brave and good the warriors of the Mili tribe were.

After the warriors of the Mili tribe began to storm the positions of the Tuoba tribe, the Great Song Forbidden Army took over the positions of the Wuzang tribe and began to carry out merciless killing. At this time, there was no formation to speak of, it was completely chaotic, and the cavalry without the Tibetan Department could not give full play to their speed and mobility, but were entangled by the Great Song Forbidden Army. The cavalry of the Wuzang tribe was divided and surrounded, and there was no longer an attack, and they began to scatter and flee, and they could not form an army.

Seeing that the soldiers of the Wuzang tribe no longer held their positions and fled in all directions, Xu Ning ordered to stop the pursuit, he saw that it was still early, so he ordered the soldiers to slowly approach the position of the Tuoba Division.

When the warriors of the Milly tribe burned and looted on the position of the Tuoba Department, Brother Richard, the king of Jin, fully understood what was going on, and also understood why Liu Zhenglong was so calm, and it seemed that he had already made up his mind. This battle is simply compared to the night attack of the Song army, to be precise, the internal strife in Western Xia.

Unable to break through the position of the Song army, in this case, the Jin king Richard gave up the idea of a duel with Liu Zhenglong, and he began to organize cavalry to carry out the strangulation of the Milli tribe.

When the cavalry of other tribes came from all directions, Mili Qunfeng regretted that he should not provoke Brother Richard, there was no way, at this time, he could only fight to break through.

It was not so easy to run, and Richard Brother, the king of Jin, ordered a strong pursuit of the Milli tribe.

On the fourth watch, the Song army began to retreat in a large area and never launched an attack again, and the Mili tribe was pursued by other tribes, and finally escaped with less than 5,000 cavalry.

This battle was not a big victory for the Song army, at the cost of less than 2,000 casualties, in exchange for a catastrophe of the Western Xia army, this battle Liu Zhenglong achieved his goal, so that the generals of the Western Army understood that the Western Xia cavalry was not invincible, and the Jin King Richard was just like that.