"Woo Woo Woo ~ " With the continuous shooting of the musket army, the party cavalry that had just been killed once again fled in the wilderness, since the last time the musketeer army defeated Li Deming's army, the party people had a fear of the musket, no matter how much Li Yuanhao in the rear urged, few people dared to rush forward with bullets.

However, after all, the number of musketeers was limited, and they could only be arranged in the front, and the two wings could not be guarded with muskets, so at this time, the cavalry of the party also killed from both wings, and the Song army could only rely on traditional shield bearers and pikemen to guard against the impact of cavalry.

Seeing that the front could not be broken through, Li Yuanhao also adjusted the battle formation and began to put his strength on the two wings, which greatly increased the pressure on the two wings of the Song army, and when Zhao Zhen mobilized the support of the musket army, the party immediately attacked the front and almost broke through the defense line of the Song army, and when the musket army was transferred back, the cavalry of the party ran to the two wings, after all, the musket army was infantry, and the two legs must not be able to run four legs.

But even so, the party still failed to break through the defense line of the Song army, and at this time it was already dark, the two cavalry in the party camp fought for a long time, and the party cavalry finally couldn't support it, after all, Guo Zun was famous for his bravery, and he was the main general to set an example, and the soldiers under his command were also the first, plus they burned down the party camp, and at this time it was also like a rainbow, and the party cavalry was killed again and again.

Seeing this situation, Li Yuanhao finally reluctantly ordered the withdrawal of troops, Zhao Zhen originally wanted to take the opportunity to pursue, but he didn't expect Li Yuanhao to retreat when he was still not chaotic, in fact, at this time, the party cavalry has been trained by Li Yuanhao into an elite army, if they let them win a few more battles, they will soon be able to raise an invincible momentum, which is also the main reason why the Great Song Dynasty often suffers losses against the party cavalry in history.

Just when Li Yuanhao's army had just retreated, Guo Zun's side finally defeated the cavalry of the party, and at this time they also came to the aid quickly, but unfortunately the main force of the party had left the battlefield, after all, they were all cavalry, coming and going like the wind, relying on the infantry of the Great Song Dynasty could not stop the other party at all, this is also the place where the infantry suffered the most from the cavalry, after all, the initiative is in the hands of others, and if you want to fight, you can withdraw if you want to, and the infantry is too passive in comparison.

However, although Li Yuanhao's main force retreated, the Great Song Dynasty achieved two major results this time, the first was that the main army crossed the Yellow River safely, and the second was that the cavalry led by Guo Zun burned down the party's camp, especially the camp where grain, grass and livestock were stored in the second half, and the fire has not been extinguished until now.

So Yuan Hao did not return to the camp at all when he retreated, on the one hand, most of the material tents of the camp were burned down, and there was no need to go back, on the other hand, Guo Zun's cavalry elite, although the losses were great, but still had the ability to impact the main force of the party, if the main force of the Song army pressed again, it was likely to cause the collapse of the party's army.

"The last general Guo obeys the order!" I saw the heroic Guo Zun galloping, came to Zhao Zhen and reported loudly, his cavalry lost more than half, after all, when he entered the camp, he encountered the defenders of the party, and then there was a party cavalry to intercept them, they were able to return victoriously under the attack of both sides, it was not easy, even if the remaining cavalry was injured, Guo Zun was dyed dark red with blood all over his body, including his own blood, but more was the blood of the party.

"General Guo has worked hard, you have made the first contribution to this raid on the party camp, and you will return to the rear army to rest quickly!" Zhao Zhen also stepped forward at this time and patted Guo Zun's shoulder and said.

In fact, when Guo Zun's cavalry was sent out, Zhao Zhen already didn't hope that they would come back alive, and Guo Zun and others also knew, so they almost left a suicide note when they left, because it was too dangerous to raid the rear camp of the party, if the main force of the party returned to help, they would be almost dead, but they didn't expect Li Yuanhao to control the main force without backup, although it led to the failure of Zhao Zhen's plan to defeat the main force of the party, but let Guo Zun and others come back alive.

Guo Zun was ordered to return to the rear army to rest, and Zhao Zhen immediately commanded the army to enter the burned party camp, the fire here has not been extinguished, and the place where it was extinguished was almost burned to a white ground, but the location here is good, and Li Yuanhao has already withdrawn from the army, plus it is late, and the Song army has suffered a lot of losses after this battle, so Zhao Zhen ordered to camp on the spot to rest and treat the wounded.

However, on the night of the same day, Li Yuanhao, who had retreated, suddenly led a cavalry to sneak attack, fortunately Zhao Zhen was cautious with his troops, even at this time he still did not relax his vigilance, and finally under his personal command, Li Yuanhao's cavalry was finally driven away, but the Song army also suffered some losses, but it was still within the range of bearing, and Li Yuanhao was also uncomfortable, and the cavalry of the sneak attack also suffered heavy losses.

Early the next morning, Zhao Zhen ordered the army to rush to Xingzhou City, and Li Yuanhao's army retreated quickly at this time, and the traces left by the retreat of the party army can be seen on the road, after all, their camp was destroyed, there was no material replenishment at this time, they could only return to Xingzhou City, and they must rush to the front of the Song army, in case the Song army besieged Xingzhou City, then the main force of the party could not enter the city, and could only be frozen and starved to death in the wild.

Of course, because most of the Song army were infantry, and most of the party members were cavalry, so as long as Li Yuanhao wanted to retreat, the Song army could not stop it at all, and when the Song army came to Xingzhou City, Li Yuanhao's main force also withdrew to the city, and at the same time, the tribes outside the city were also moved to the city, and the Song army could hardly find anyone to understand the situation in Xingzhou.

At the same time, after the burial of Liu E, Zhao Zhen led hundreds of officials back to Beijing, and then announced the news of Empress Zhang's pregnancy, as soon as the news came out, not only the court was boiling, but even the people were talking about it, many people felt that this was a good thing, because the heirs of the emperor are not only related to the inheritance of the throne, but also related to the stability of the world, and for ordinary people, there is nothing more important than the "two words" of peace.

Li Zhang has been paying attention to the actions of Zhao Zhen's army since he came back, and when he learned that Zhao Zhen took advantage of the Yellow River to cross the river and burned down the party's camp, he was also very excited about it, although the two sides did not distinguish the victory or defeat in that battle, but in Li Zhang's view, it was already a huge victory to let Li Yuanhao personally send troops but gain nothing, and also destroyed so many materials for the party.

However, after waiting for Li Zhang to be happy for too long, another heavy snow suddenly fell from the sky of the capital, and the snow last time had not yet melted, and the entire capital became covered in silver again, but this made Li Zhang suddenly worried, there have been two heavy snowfalls in the capital in a row, in case heavy snow also falls in the northwest, I am afraid it will have a serious impact on Zhao Zhen's logistics.

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