A skirmish between scouts ended in a complete victory for the four evils of the town.

In this battle, the auxiliary soldiers of the Iron Harrier showed the spirit of heroism, and also showed extraordinary combat effectiveness and will to die, and on the whole had an advantage over the four of them. But their masters, uncharacteristically, did not become the decisive key this time, and even became a direct factor in the fiasco.

Ignorance and carelessness lost the advantage in the number of cadres, and the Iron Harrier was at a disadvantage against the serious generals of the level of Shi Wei, Yang Lie, Deng Tianbao, and Wang Dashou alone, and was restrained by the treasure knife, etc., coupled with the fierce blow of the peer Iron Harrier who was easily cut down, he panicked, and had doubts, scruples and cowardice...... More and more invincible.

Although with the loyalty and courage of the auxiliaries, it seems that there is still a bit of an advantage on the whole, and it may not be possible to lose if it continues to fight, and it is not yet known who will die, but the heart is timid, the mind is confused, and there are things on the mind, and they want to go back as soon as possible to report the information they have reconnoitred as soon as possible, they are not here to fight to the death, the purpose is reconnaissance and retaliation, retaliation can not be done, and the reconnaissance should be retreated quickly if there is a gain, plus the keen sense of the battlefield situation and outcome and the flexible combat habits of the past, The remaining Iron Harriers immediately and decisively gave up the disadvantage of hand-to-hand combat, and fled with their auxiliaries on horseback, actually wanting to destroy the opponent with superb riding skills and divine arm crossbows and easily escape from this place.

But the furious four evils refused to let them go.

Niu B had already blown it out in front of Zhao Yue, and he couldn't lose this face, and said that he would be a scout and kill all the enemy spies he encountered, so it was necessary.

The four generals are also very attentive and experienced in fighting, and they perceive that their subordinates as a whole are not comparable to their opponents, and they don't want to let their subordinates fight so close and add more casualties, but the two sides are entangled, and they can't retreat if they want to pull away. The horseback people are undoubtedly more powerful in riding, and they all ride good horses, so it is difficult to get rid of them.

The four generals also want to use the advantage of the bow and crossbow to kill the enemy more easily, and it is relatively safer. The opponent ran away, just as he wanted.

They themselves chased after the Iron Harrier's opponent and bit it to the death, striving to kill a few more in a happy battle. The subordinates took advantage of the situation to distance themselves from their opponents.

...... This Western Xia army is also very good at escaping or strategic retreat, and escaping is also one of the hard skills needed on the battlefield, this time it also successfully got rid of Shi Wei and them, quickly opened the distance, and suddenly got a sense of it: Pirates, you are unlucky, look at me (the best at the elite warriors of Great Xia) can also carry out long-range attacks in fast horses......

But ignorance once again caught them off guard.

Just as they galloped and took the crossbow while grinning and struggling to wind it with the strength of milk, the pirates also took out the strong crossbow hidden in the horse bag behind them, but they completed the winding faster and easier than them, although they did not have the superb fast horse riding and shooting skills of this Xia Jun, but the distance between the two sides was not far away, and there was no need to chase so fast with more powerful long-range weapons in hand, and they ran so fast and fast, after a long period of training, well, almost tacitly stationed on the horse and fired at the same time...... Including the Iron Harrier, who was extremely skilled, he didn't expect his opponent's bow and crossbow to be able to shoot so fast and shoot as far as the Divine Arm Crossbow...... Well-made iron armor is useless......

Most of the dead and wounded fell in an instant.

Most of the rest were also grazed by the crossbow arrows, and they were all frightened, and then they died in the next wave of follow-up shots and death-biting pursuits in the blink of an eye......

Nearly 100 people are subordinate to the elite of this Iron Harrier Division...... The whole army was annihilated, and once again the same as the counterparts in front of it...... There was no return.

But when the four evil things were more happy than heartache, and came back in high spirits to report, this kind of victory was only snorted angrily by Zhao Yue, although he didn't scold the four evils in public, and it was easiest to stab the hearts of these four guys, but that look was undoubtedly scolding the four evils for not listening to the advice, and the recklessness of the enemy caused the unnecessary deaths and injuries of thirty or forty soldiers.

"Our imperial army has sufficient weapons superiority, and the superiority in military strength is also sufficient, why not use it? I don't want this kind of lose-lose victory. It's not a skill. ”

"We're here to compete for strength, not for skill or individual group bravery. In this battle, we are going to push the past as a whole with absolute superiority......"

Zhao Yue's spearhead was not aimed at the four evils, but he reiterated to the generals that the imperial army valued the lives of soldiers in combat, and warned the generals not to make similar mistakes again.

Once it will be successful, it will be done, and it will not be necessary, not inevitable.

With the hard conditions to crush the opponent, and with the bones of the soldiers as stepping stones, the achievements are set on the top of famous generals, and the history is to be famous and incompetent.

I am here to change many tragic traditions that are either rotten and bad or limited by historical conditions, that is, to let as many people in this world live as possible who deserve to die and who do not deserve to die...... Otherwise, what is the point of me, a simple scientist, desperately pushing science and technology to engage in military affairs that I don't like at all?

This is a very important reason why Zhao Yue has been insisting on doing those things in his heart.

He doesn't like to kill, and even less like war and complicated politics......

Shi Wei was also heartbroken by the loss of his cronies' elite brothers, honestly bowed his head and confessed his mistakes and repented, and he didn't dare to fight willfully and hard-fought when he went out on patrol again, and turned to crush with his advantage......

Zhao Yue immediately realized from the confrontation between all parties that it must be a large number of iron harriers who refused to accept and retaliate.

He immediately dispatched a large army of scouts to carry out a cascade layout, and once he contained his opponent, he besieged it.

This advance party was wiped out, and the other Iron Harriers were naturally still ignorant of the pirates' superior equipment, and confidently approached from all directions, but when they collided with the outermost scouts of the pirates and pounced fiercely, they first encountered a strong crossbow that could be wound quickly and could maintain a long continuous fire..... With great horsemanship, he bravely rushed closer, and was bombarded with even more terrible grenades....... Shocked...... panicked, the first time I encountered this kind of thing, I don't know how to deal with it effectively, and I don't know that Zhao Yue's echelon layout has formed other pirate scout heavy soldiers can receive the call for help from the front in time and can quickly rush to reinforcements, I don't know the situation behind this pirate opponent, they are fighting fiercely while considering whether to quickly withdraw and retreat to report the pirate's weapons secrets to the Jin King Chage in time to prepare, and the scout army of the echelon layout quickly pounced on the nearby men and horses to strengthen the entanglement and bite, This was followed by more pirate scouts, rapidly increasing in force and eventually surrounded......

Nearly 1,000 iron harriers and auxiliary soldiers, with a total of four or five thousand people, are simply the most powerful elite division in the era of cold weapons, and they are also sure enough to fight against the Jurchen army, which is known as invincible, but in the siege of tens of thousands of pirate scout cavalry, they have fallen under the heavy crossbow fire and grenade bombardment......

In the rear, Chago, who patiently waited for the results of the reconnaissance and the results of the retaliation, was shocked again.

This time it was even more shocking, and they all opened their mouths wide in disbelief, completely unbelievable.

He waited for a few days, and when the scheduled time came, the Iron Harrier Brigade should have returned regardless of the outcome of the trip, but it turned out that he did not receive a single person or horse.

But he wasn't so horrified at the time.

Because the Iron Harrier army is different from other armies, it has always paid attention to adapting measures to local conditions, adapting to the situation, being flexible, maneuvering, and fighting independently, and often seizes the opportunity to decisively abandon the previous agreement with the Chinese army, and even strict military orders, in order to take advantage of the situation to create greater results or create a decisive advantage for the army, regardless of the fact that the deadline and the order are due.

He understood this, so he waited patiently for two more days after the expectation.

But the result of Tanma's reversal is:

The Iron Harrier team was gone, but in the area where the pirate army passed through there were a large number of burnt bones and horse bones that were undoubtedly stripped of flesh and eaten...... Judging from the wreckage, the hairstyle or something is undoubtedly a Tangut person, and it should be ...... It's the iron harrier that disappeared...... It's just that how did he die, and it was hard to make out what was left of the wreckage after the fire......

After Brother Cha was shocked, he took many deep breaths repeatedly to suppress the emotions that came up with the chaos, but his brain still seemed to be rumbling......

Aren't the Iron Harriers of Hirayama an opponent of pirates?

Four or five thousand elites, but one person didn't come back alive to report something, is a pirate scout so powerful? Still is...... The Harrier Army is careless or revenge-hungry...... Zhongji was ambushed and trapped to death by pirates with heavy soldiers before being surrounded and annihilated......

I don't know.

Because of the other scouts who were in charge of secretly observing and answering the back with the Iron Harrier, none of them could escape.

After calming down, Brother Cha further realized that since this pirate army dared to threaten to destroy Xia in a battle early, and was not afraid of a decisive battle with the Xia Kingdom that could be prepared in advance, it seemed that it did have extraordinary and unpredictable ability, so he had this confidence......

The lesson of ignorance of opponents from overseas is too bad!

The most precious Iron Harrier Army of the Two Thousand Xia Kingdoms was so confused, and it was easy to bury one thousand and one hundred ...... in a few days. In the blink of an eye, more than half of the losses were lost, and the price paid was too great......

The loss of several thousand men and horses can still be withheld, but ...... The Pingshan Iron Harrier was also defeated so badly, and the news spread quickly in the army, and the morale of the army was inevitably shaken a little......

This is the most taboo disadvantage of the war.

Since the scout war failed, a small group of elite rangers raided to destroy the enemy's food and grass supply, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate the general...... It is not feasible to harass the tired enemy and test the pirate's combat effectiveness, so it is really stupid to insist on it in the same way, and it can no longer be wasted on the scouts......

After discussing and weighing with the generals repeatedly, Chago tried to reassure the army and decided to simply fight directly to test the pirates to the end......

In order to ensure that the pirate forces were blocked and the Xia Kingdom was maintained, and he lived up to the trust of his elder brother, the emperor, he prepared a two-handed battle plan.

This first tentative battle was fought in the north of Helan Mountain.

If this battle can be won, of course, it is the best, bite the pirates and fight them in one go, and strive to inflict heavy damage on their main forces even if they cannot be completely annihilated, so that the pirate army will suffer as heavy losses as possible, and if you want to take revenge, you will not have the ability or confidence to fight again after years or even decades.

...... If not, the effect of the first battle is not good, and it is tested that the pirates do have the advantages of being difficult to defeat in the Xia Kingdom, so they will retreat to Helan Mountain and be in the Gobi Desert deep in the south.......

These two battle plans are actually examples of the brilliant battles created by the ancestor Li Yuanhao decades ago.

In October 1044, the Liaoxing clan led 100,000 cavalry to attack Xia. Li Yuanhao knew that he was invincible, and retreated to Helan Mountain after the defeat in the north of Helan Mountain, showing that the enemy retreated back three times in a row with weakness, where more than 100 li, every retreat must be ochre, cut off its grain and grass, and deliberately delay the time with the negotiation and peace, trapping the Liao army in danger and hunger, the Liao camp was raided, and was covered by the Liao army. When it was difficult to solve, suddenly a strong wind rose, flying sand and dust, and it was dark, and the Liao army was blinded by the sand, and the battle was in chaos. Li Yuanhao took the opportunity to storm the south wall of Desheng Temple, where the Liao army was stationed, and the Liao army was defeated. Li Yuanhao's army captured dozens of Liao Ma Du Lieutenant Xiao Huxuan and dozens of close ministers, and Liao Xingzong only escaped with a few horsemen......

The cause of the great war in Xia Liao was that Princess Xingping of Liao State married Li Yuanhao, and it was Shangguo who gave face to marry the noble princess to the lord of a small state, but as a result, the noble princess of Shangguo not only did not get the respect, love and kindness she deserved, but Li Yuanhao also killed Princess Xingping arrogantly and boldly. How can this tone make the overlord Liao State endure it? Emperor Liao wants to avenge his sister and show the sacred and inviolable overlord majesty of the Great Liao Heavenly Dynasty, and wants to teach a good lesson to the arrogance of Yishang, who has just officially established the country and won a few battles, and has just risen up, and does not know the so-called Xiao Xia......

The success of this big victory with the weak and the strong seems to have borrowed the power and favor of God, and it was lucky, and the victory was too lucky.

Of course, it is true that there is the rise of Western Xia at that time, and it seems that God is secretly helping.

But after careful analysis, there are also practical inevitability.

Let's just say that the gale that decided the victory.

It is not definitely providence or something purely coincidental, but a natural phenomenon that Li Yuanhao had analyzed and thought of in advance and intended to use it.

October is the season when the north winds begin to wreak havoc, especially in the Western Xia in the northwest interior.

It stands to reason that it seems that the Liao army came from the north and invaded from the south, and it was supposed to be the side that enjoyed the benefits of the north wind, and the disadvantage should be the Xia army that guarded the north and looked north. But only the Xia Kingdom, who knows the details of the area where the war was launched, knows that because the Helan Mountains in the north block the north wind, coupled with the complex geographical and climatic environment of this region, there are often sudden storms in the Gobi Desert, and there are also other strong winds or even south winds that suddenly appear in the season when the north wind is supposed to blow.

Brother Cha knew that Li Yuanhao had been prepared for a possible sudden storm before the battle, and the soldiers were equipped with windproof masks in advance...... This is also the usual supplies of the Xia army who are familiar with and accustomed to fighting in the Gobi Desert, even without strong winds and sand, and when traveling on horseback, they are used to covering their faces with veils or something..... However, the Liao army from the grassland was not so accustomed to it, and did not understand the potential climate threat of the battleground, so it was natural to ...... when it encountered unexpected storms and dusts

This victory is actually like the cold winter north wind in the "Three Kingdoms" Chibi War, but the south wind suddenly rose in the Yangtze River, resulting in the burning of Chibi, there are natural factors, and some people count.

For Brother Cha, he encountered a war similar to Li Yuanhao's in front of him.

This time it was not the powerful old rival Liao Guo, but the new opponent pirate, who was completely unfamiliar, but the pirate seemed to be as powerful and invincible, and perhaps stronger than the Liao State. There aren't many good ways to defeat the strong...... There aren't many options.

The advantage of imitating the ancestors' battle is that it has been decades since that war, and it has been so long that even the people of the Xia Kingdom have forgotten it. Then, it is impossible for the pirates from the sea to know the true inside story of this war, and they have not even heard of it, they don't know it at all, and they don't know the secret details of the geographical and climatic peculiarities of various places on this side of the Xia Kingdom...... It's about the same time, although it's early, but it's still the season when the north wind blows......

All this determines that Cha Ge can completely imitate the deeds of his ancestors and stage that great victory again.

Good methods are not meant to be used only once, and many can be used over and over again. The same is true in military means, which have proven their effectiveness.

Read military books and learn war examples..... Isn't it to understand the good methods used by our ancestors and the successful experience accumulated by our ancestors, and to learn from them?

A good method must be grasped and used all the time. There is no unavailability, only the question of whether it is alive or not to be used.

With the same objective conditions such as geography and climate, and similar circumstances, then it is entirely possible to successfully replicate the precedent.

Chago had a two-handed plan, and he was also confident that he would fight a completely unexpected war against the pirates......