In the early morning of the next day, 50,000 Xia army iron cavalry and 100,000 Song troops lined up outside Pingyao City, and the Xia army faced the main force of the Song army and turned its back to Pingyao City; Judging from the situation of the two armies, the Xia army was under the attack of the main force of the Song army and the defenders of Pingyao City; But this is not the case, although under the attack from both sides, but the Song army guarding Pingyao did not dare to go out of the city at all, once the city gate was opened, with the speed of the Xia cavalry could quickly rush into the city.

The battlefield was very calm, but it was full of murderous spirit, the two armies were making final preparations for battle, An Qinggui stood beside Li Bingchang and asked: "Lord Wang, how can we meet the enemy?" ”

Li Bingchang looked at the formation of the Song army and said: "The front army of the Song army is led by heavily armored foot soldiers, using spears and swords, these are the nemesis of my cavalry, once they rush up, they are simply going to die; To bypass the Song army's troops and start from the weak point, you and I will each lead a part to attack the Song army from both sides, and keep consuming the Song army with bows and arrows, as long as they can't enter the city, we will win this battle. ”

"Yes, my lord; The Admiral understood. ”

On the other side, the deputy general beside Zhao Yan said to Zhao Yan: "The formation of the cavalry of the Xia Army of the prince is so strange! It's not like an offensive formation at all! Lord Wang, what do you say this Xia Jun wants to do? ”

"Not only what is the Xia army going to do, remember our purpose, we must drag the Xia army and tie it completely in our army's big array, as long as the cavalry loses speed, then please wait for us to kill!" Zhao Yan sneered.

"Lord Wang, why didn't our army rush into the city as soon as possible?" The adjutant asked.

"We have an army of 100,000 men, and we will not be able to enter the city for a while and a half; Unless all the Xia troops are wiped out or defeated, once the city gate is opened, the Xia cavalry can take advantage of the advantage of speed to enter the city first......"

"The prince is wise, thank you for your advice."

"Alright, don't be a sycophant." Zhao Yan said with a smile; "Ordered the army to advance step by step, compressing the space of the Xia army's cavalry."

After seeing the Song army moving forward, Li Bingchang smiled; "Command, cavalry attack."

Li Bingchang gave an order, and the 50,000 Xia army iron cavalry divided into two torrents, bypassing the front army of the Song army from both flanks to kill the Song army, in order to deal with the attack of the Xia army, Zhao Yan had to order to meet the enemy separately; Originally, Zhao Yan thought that the Xia army would directly attack the Song army's large array as before, but he didn't expect Li Bingchang to use this move.

The cavalry of the Xia army is not blowing, the soldiers of the Xia cavalry mainly come from the grassland, these grassland men are born accurate marksmen, although they are riding on the war horse, the Xia cavalry still has a very accurate shot at the target, the Xia cavalry can even directly hit the eye, the Xia army relied on cavalry to cause great damage to the Song army, although the Song army also counterattacked, but only caused a slight loss to the Xia cavalry.

After half an hour of encirclement and shooting, Li Bingchang ordered: "Pass the order, charge the Song army from both flanks, and penetrate the ......."

"Through, through, through, through......"

"Woo, woo, woo......"

The horn sounded, and the cavalry of the Xia army began to charge towards the Song army from both wings, although Li Bingchang had been prepared, but in the face of the impact of the cavalry, the heart of the Song soldier was still trembling, "Bang! The huge impact force directly knocked the Song army in front of it into the air, and the cavalry of the Xia army entered the Song army's main array; Zhao Yan's long-awaited opportunity finally came.

"Order, besiege the cavalry of the Xia army, divide and surround it."

The flag shook, and the Song army began to divide and encircle the Xia army, but the Xia army was sprinting, and it was time to send foot soldiers up to send them to death, and soon Zhao Yan found that the battle situation was not as he imagined, the Xia cavalry relied on a strong impact force to penetrate the entire Song army's large array, although the Mo sword soldiers and the pikemen team could restrain the cavalry charge, but they were all heavy infantry soldiers who were slow to act, and when they arrived, the Xia cavalry had already run away.

Every attack of the Xia army is to bypass the heavy armor of the Song army, focusing on the weak points of the Song army, the whole battle Song army has always been in a passive position, at this time it is past noon Zhao Yan has no hope of victory, but if it runs like this, the Song army will definitely evolve into a big rout, and once defeated, it is also very difficult for Zhao Yan to escape.

Soon Zhao Yan ordered: "Order the army to withdraw to the southeast." ”

"Lord Wang, you can't withdraw! As soon as the army is withdrawn, it will collapse. The adjutant general dissuaded Zhao Yan.

"Didn't you hear the king's military orders? The divisions alternately covered and withdrew in a southeasterly direction. Zhao Yan finally let out a heart-rending cry and said.

"Yes, the last general ...... order"

According to Zhao Yan's order, the Song army began to withdraw to the southeast under alternate cover, if it was replaced by the past, the Song army could soon retreat into a rout, but this time it was not, the Song army evacuated in an orderly southeast direction, although facing the pursuit of 50,000 Xia troops, but the army behind the palace desperately protected the retreat of the Song army, this is the transformation of the Song army, although it is not yet able to compete with the Xia army in all directions, but the effect is already obvious.

Under the command of Zhao Yan, the Song army finally withdrew to the junction of the southeast plain and the mountain range, Zhao Yan stood on the hillside and said to everyone: "Brothers, I, Zhao Yan, can't stand you, this king's command is wrong, and the army of 100,000 has been involved; Now our back roads and grain routes have been cut off by the Xia army, the grain and grass in the army have been exhausted, we have lost this battle, but our establishment is still there, we still have an army of millions, this king will take you through the mountains and forests to evacuate the east of the river......"

Originally, Li Bingchang planned to leave by himself, but in the end Li Bingchang decided to evacuate with this army, but how much Zhao Yan could withdraw alive is not known, the hope of getting out alive through this dense jungle is too small, Zhao Yan entered the mountains without looking back after speaking, and many Song soldiers followed them to retreat east across the mountains, but some of them stayed behind and became prisoners of the Xia army.

The final decisive battle between the Xia and Song dynasties ended with the victory of the Xia army, but Li Bingchang also paid a heavy price for this, 50,000 Xia army iron cavalry lost more than 20,000 people, plus the previous losses, 80,000 Xia troops lost more than 30,000 people in this battle, and the Song army captured by the Xia army had more than 40,000 people, and finally followed Zhao Yan into the mountain of more than 30,000 people, as for the others were either killed by the Xia army or fled.

Although the main force of the Song army was annihilated, but Pingyao was still under the control of the Song army, at this time Li Bingchang did not have enough troops to attack Pingyao, and the Song army guarding Pingyao could only be persuaded to surrender, and the moment Zhao Ju led the army to the southeast to withdraw also marked that he had given up Pingyao, which was absolutely fatal for the Song army defending the city, and Li Bingchang also needed to take over Pingyao peacefully, because the word Pingyao City stored a large number of grain and grass, weapons and other materials of the Song army, which were all continued by Li Bingchang, The materials that had been stored by the Xia army for many years after the loss of Taiyuan were burned, and Li Bingchang had to replenish these materials as soon as possible.

Looking back at Taiyuan, Li Hao, the king of Hengshan, has gathered an army of 30,000 to launch a fierce attack on Taiyuan.

The second is more presented, brothers with tickets come to a wave!

(End of chapter)