Chapter 869 Xining Prefecture, Tong Guan, Liu Fa

On the left flank of the Song army camp, there were dead and wounded, and both sides had lost thousands of men and horses. The horn sound of the Xia army's cavalry formation sounded again, and the Shang cavalry who were attacking the flank of the camp in a roundabout way suddenly turned their horses and retreated, as if they wanted to reorganize the formation and attack the Song army again.

However, just as the vanguard of the Xia army rode around in a circle, and was about to distance himself from the enemy camp to rectify the queue, he saw the tooth flag raised in the Song army spread, and the originally dense phalanx on the left flank quickly opened the distance, and the deafening sound of iron hooves suddenly started, and several groups of Song army horsemen suddenly rushed out of the camp and forcibly intercepted the way of the Xia army's vanguard cavalry. The flat mounted spear pierced through dozens of Xia army knights who were caught off guard, and the cold blade of the saber immediately flew up and down, surging a wave of blood in the Xia army, flesh and blood and severed limbs flew together, and the neighing of the war horse and the screams of the soldiers resounded in the night sky in an instant! This time, it was the Xia army who took the initiative to provoke the war, but it seemed that he was unwilling to fight hard, and the other party did not occupy an overwhelming advantage in terms of strength. Xiao Tang asked himself about the command ability of the generals under his command to face the battle, the instinct to adapt to changes on the battlefield, and the combat quality of the soldiers and horses of the various units, even if they took the initiative to defend against this group of Xia troops, they would not fall behind.

Seeing that the formation of the Song army changed, the rest of the Xia army cavalry immediately rushed like wolves, and on the one hand, they responded to their own vanguard and horses, and on the other hand, they tried to run out of the camp of the Song army. In the sound of smoke and hoofs the Xia army knight is getting closer and closer, a member of the general at the head of the general shouted, with a bow in his hand, and the bow is like a full moon while urging the horse to gallop, although the war horse under the crotch is violently bumpy, but the body of the Xia army is as stable as Mount Tai, just a glance has come out of his ability to gallop on horseback.

Behind the cavalry general of the Xia army, thousands of knights also opened their bows and arrows, trying to shoot several rounds of arrow rain to kill and injure the enemy before they made short contact with the cavalry of the Song army.

However, at this time, in the great array of the Song army, with Wang Jin's order, the longbow and bowstring in the hands of the soldiers of the Jingnan Army made a rapid sound, and a rain of arrows suddenly shot out, and it fell towards the knights of the Xia army who opened their bows and arrows on their horses! At the same time, a group of light cavalry rushed out of the Song army's array, under the leadership of Hua Rong and Yan Yun's cavalry, and rushed straight towards the Xia army's cavalry, leading his subordinates to let the Xia army generals who were dodging the rain of arrows in the Song army's large array were shocked to find that there were countless cold rays shining in front of them, and the fast-flying arrow clusters pierced the air and made a sharp whistling sound, and in an instant, they had already hit their eyes!

The generals of the Xia army were full of disbelief, most of the party departments were horses that could ride inferior horses and drive hard bows since they were children, and he also boasted that he had the ability to bow horses, but the jade-faced Song who led the horse army in front of him galloped and shot from the bow, string, gaze, and arrow action end cleanly, together with the more than a dozen archers behind him, the accurate means of opening the bow were only afraid that they would be better than themselves!

The general of the Xia army opened his mouth to exhale, but the sharp arrow shot by Hua Rong pierced into his mouth at this moment, and bright blood flowers bloomed from the back of Na Xia's head, and clusters of sharp feather arrows also poked out from the back of his head!

Feathered arrows roared, and another roar of men and horses sounded. For a while, I don't know how many Xia Army knights were shot off their horses. Whether it was the Xia cavalry vanguard who was intercepted, or the rest of the horse army cavalry who were running wildly around the Song army's Dazhai, they lost a lot of soldiers and horses under the fierce counterattack of the Song army. At this time, eight or nine hundred steps away from the Song army's camp, the commander of the Xia army's cavalry suddenly launched a surprise attack on the camp where Xiao Tang was stationed, stared coldly at the battle situation in front of him, he snorted coldly, and said: "The infantry army led by Xiao Tang and marching west has a rigorous lineup, and the horse army is also mostly elite soldiers who can ride and shoot well, so it must be reported to Cha Ge Ning Ling earlier......

The commander of the Xia army said, and immediately ordered a general next to him: "Pass the order down and teach all departments to collect troops!" ”

The general was stunned when he heard this, and said, "General Kuma, let's withdraw now?" Song Dog is hateful, if we retreat at this time, I am afraid that we will have to spare the lives of many children. ”

The commander of the Xia army squinted at the general and said, "What do you know?" I waited for this trip to find out the details of the Song army under the Xiao Tang Dynasty, and according to the order of Cha Ge Ning, Zhuo Luo and several military divisions such as Nan, Xishou Baotai, and Youxiang Chaoshun attacked and harassed the Song army, and there was no need to fight to the death. Since this group of Song troops intends to go westward and enter Hehuang is the territory of my Xia people, if you want to kill these Song dogs, you must also teach them that there is no escape! ”

When the general heard that Nene's company claimed to be true, he immediately ordered the military officials not far away to blow the horn. The cavalry of the Xia army, which was galloping around the Song army camp, immediately gathered their formation after hearing the sound of bull horns and began to gallop towards the north.

"Kill!" The melee Niu Gao screamed, and the four-legged iron shovel in his left hand violently swung away the big axe that the enemy general was chopping on, and then the iron shovel in his hand slammed violently, and a rain of blood mixed with brain splatters splashed, and a Xia army cavalry general was killed under the horse. When Niu Gao was killing, he saw that the enemy in the melee suddenly turned his horse's head and galloped to the north, he was about to lead his troops to chase after him, but he heard the sound of gold in his own village, and he only shook the blood-soaked iron shovel proudly, and led his men and horses back to give orders to Xiao Tang.

"Xiao Jieshuai, when the Xia army fought with our army in the past, it was best to use the tactics of luring the enemy deep and encircling and annihilating him. I am afraid that the strange arrival of this group of enemy horses is also to induce our army to advance. ”

In the company camp, Liu Zhongwu, who had extremely rich experience in the border court war, was saying to Xiao Tang. On the side, Xiao Jiasui's sword frowned slightly, and he also muttered: "The more than 10,000 cavalry is more like coming to find out the truth, our army has not yet reached the most fierce place in the west, but it seems that it has been targeted by the Xia army......"

"Although the enemy's movements are still unknown, we can't afford to mess with ourselves. Besides, whether the Xia army comes or not, we still have to go west to Hehuang to respond to all changes, so we can only wait to see what tricks those guys can play. ”

Xiao Tang said in a deep voice, but he felt uneasy for no reason, since he led his troops to retake Xiao Pass, he felt that the movements of the Xia army had become more and more unpredictable. It is important to use soldiers to hold weight, and to know each other and confidant, but now that the enemy is unpredictable, what is the other party's plan?

At present, it is necessary to rush to Xining Prefecture as soon as possible, and first meet with the Song army of the Western Army under Tong Guan and Liu Fa, and then think of a good strategy to break the enemy.......

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At the same time, the military town of Xining Prefecture in the west of the Great Song Dynasty Border Court rumbled inside and outside the country, thousands of forbidden army troops escorted pack mules and carts loaded with heavy grain and grass in and out, and tens of thousands of civilian servants carried military equipment, the weather became colder and colder, and the mouths of the people who were doing physical work were spewing out thick white gas, and from time to time a gust of wind blew.

Liu Fa also let out a white breath from his mouth, he wrapped the red blood-like cloak on his body tighter, and rode his horse straight to the military department hall in Xining Prefecture. The soldiers in the city saw that Liu Fa, who had a high prestige in the western army, and saluted respectfully, and Liu Fa bowed his head to signal, although his expression was very calm, but he was very puzzled in his heart.

Some time ago, Liu Fa led several Western Army units under the jurisdiction of Yanyan Road and Jingyuan Road to fight with the Xia army, because the Xia army moved frequently, and Liu Fa was now busy transferring troops and horses to garrison Zhenwu City and other newly built fortresses of the Song army to hold the Xia State hostage. But at this juncture, Tong Guan sent military officials to summon Liu Fa one after another, saying that there was an important military discussion.

Tong Guan is also the Xuanfu envoy of Shaanxi, Hedong and Hebei, the official worships the Taifu, and is the commander of the Song-Xia joint war, Liu Fa naturally can't go against his will, but after days of killing and killing the three armies tired, now is the time to recuperate and rectify, Liu Fa can't help but say in his heart: That Tong Guan said at this time that there is an important military situation to discuss, what is the matter?