On May 13, Gao Fangping officially crossed the Great Wall in Western Xia and arrived at Baichi City. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Except for the robbed people of Western Xia, there are no defenders here, because it is impossible to defend such a small and isolated city, so there are thousands of defenders who don't know where to go, and Gao Fangping is too lazy to look for them.

At this time, the Gao Fangping expeditionary force could not enter Baichi City for repairs. That was an absolutely wrong strategy.

If you don't have enough time to go in, it won't be called repair, and you also need to guard against all kinds of traps arranged by the Tanguts in the city, and the gains outweigh the losses.

This battle is not a real weak force, so there is no need to defend the city, and being confined to the city and losing the mobility advantage of the whole cavalry is called self-defeating.

So Gao Fangping directly ordered to bypass Baichi City, and instead advanced in the northwest direction.

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However, Gao Fangping's flat department could not be systematically repaired, and the specially trained light horse probe horse nervously shouted and entered the handsome tent: "Xiangye, the main force of the military division of Baima Qiang Town in Western Xia, when they returned from their humble duties, they were already hundreds of miles away. ”

"I didn't expect it to come so quickly!" The generals have changed color.

This was indeed beyond Gao Fangping's expectations, at least half a day faster than expected, and achieved almost the same marching speed as the Song army. Of course, there is a reason why they relied on the official road of Western Xia to march on the road. As a result, Xiao Heda basically achieved the tactic of not giving Gao Fangping a chance to repair, which can be regarded as a tired soldier against a tired soldier.

At this point, the tug-of-war between the two sides will begin soon.

The biggest problem with all-cavalry group warfare in the endless steppe is that there are no longer any conspiracy and strategic problems, it is all a technical exchange of strength.

It is difficult for any conspiracy and tactics to be effective against the formed cavalry, because the cavalry's ability to correct mistakes is too strong, and tens of thousands of troops are intertwined, and the slightest sign of error can be corrected and maneuvered immediately, and of course there will be losses, but it is difficult to have a dominant victory when the main general is not stupid.

"Prepare for the enemy! The tactics are: there are no tactics. ”

Gao Fangping got up and began to put on his armor under the service of Ju Jing and Sister Liang......

The distance of 100 miles is more than an hour for the cavalry team in a mobile state, and it is at most less than half an hour except for the running process of the Song army's horses.

This is the horror of cavalry combat, leaving too little time for the commander to make decisions.

On the relatively forage-scarce prairie, the ground shook slightly, heralding an impending storm.

Gao Fangping's 31,000 cavalry, in accordance with the established method, was in full swing, and in an area almost two miles long, it presented a V-shaped goose-shaped formation.

After a while, the black-pressed Western Xia cavalry group could already be seen appearing in the distance of the horizon, and at this time they were slowing down step by step, and they did not intend to charge directly into battle.

In the end, more than half a mile away, Xiao Heda ordered to stop advancing, squinting his eyes to observe the Song army's military formation, as well as all the moths that might appear in the surrounding area.

Xiao Heda also has military reports and quick horse exploration, of course he knows that Gao Fangping will not arrive soon.

"Li Xiang, it's rare to see Song Jun in such a posture, give the order to rush into battle, and have a real warrior duel in a dignified manner." A general sneered: "Look at the Song Army's goose-shaped formation, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a prostitute 1 girl with open thighs and waiting to be Japanese!" If he wants to be by the sun, we will rush up and him! ”

As a result, Xiao Heda's hand was like a propeller, and he hit his skull dozens of times, and the helmet was deformed.

Xiao Heda scolded: "The barbarian ruffian who can't control the second child will suffer in the end, have you ever seen a ploughed field?" It's clear that there are only tired cows, okay, and you still want to go to Gao Fangping? ”

The rest of the generals laughed and said, "Then how to fight a decisive battle?" ”

Xiao Heda squinted his eyes and looked into the distance and said, "I really don't know, whether the decisive battle depends on him Gao Fangping." ”

Xiao Heda never gave an order, staring at the Song army array in the distance and muttered: "When I was leaving, Brother Cha warned more than once, be careful of Gao Fangping's Divine Arm Crossbow Cluster, I don't know what the problem is, the Song Army ghost has too many Divine Arm Crossbows." But Brother Cha also said that Gao Fangping's divine arm crossbow is not as good as my Western Xia orthodox divine arm crossbow. The range and power are only eight-tenths of my Xixia Divine Arm Crossbow, which is noteworthy. ”

"Just wait for Li Xiang's order!" All the generals hugged their fists.

Xiao Heda said: "Although our army's divine arm crossbow is strong, it has concentrated the strength of the country, and only 2,000 are concentrated at the moment, and it cannot really form a cluster kill on the Song army, and it must be left to guard against the surprise attack of his Yongle army's heavy cavalry." ”

After a pause, Xiao Heda said: "Passing on the commander's order, the White Horse Military Division is fully dispersed, detouring from the two wings, and tentatively touching Gao Fangping's reaction. The heavy cavalry made a feint from the center, and continued to watch the reaction of the high side. It's best to use heavy armor detour tactics to lure out Gao Fangping's first wave of arrow rain! ”

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In the Western Xia military array, the earth-shattering horn sounded.

Closely following the feeling of thunder and clouds, from slow to fast, a large area of Western Xia cavalry began to spread and run, and did not insert the "open-legged situation" of Gao Fangping's part in the form of sharp knives, but shouted, detouring towards Gao Fangping's two wings.

The distance of more than half a mile can really exert a lot of momentum for the assault cavalry who have already warmed up.

In the middle, a plate armor heavy rider with more than 2,000 people charged strongly towards the outstretched Song beauties with a fierce attitude.

"Damn, the second eldest brother of the Xixia people has also been released! It's coming towards one of our centers. Their left and right wings are like two big hands, trying to touch our sides in a roundabout way! Shi Wengong said viciously: "Please give the order of the Prime Minister, and our heavy cavalry will attack, and the white horse heavy cavalry known as invincible will be met for a while?" ”

Gao Fangping shook his head and said: "Be rigorous on the battlefield, and don't talk crooked nonsense." ”

"Then please make it public, how to fight!" All restless generals said.

Gao Fangping raised the sword of the Son of Heaven and shouted: "The tail wing becomes the striker, the two wings shrink, flee for your life, and resolutely do not allow a decisive battle." As a beauty, in the face of the first wave of rapists, the best strategy is to retreat, at least wait for Lao Tzu to come up with a suitable tactic to make a decision! ”

So all the horses turned their heads, and after the V formation shrank slightly, it changed into a sharp knife form that broke through and escaped, moving quickly.

When the two "big hands" on the left and right of the White Horse Military Division outflanked him, Gao Fangping's troops temporarily left the battlefield.

The Tanguts chased after them, but they didn't really go all out, because they were just trying.

And the high square flat is also in front, and it is not in a hurry to maintain a state of imminent departure.

After the tug-of-war unfolds, you can't stay casually, you must always keep maneuvering, and you can stop at will, then the gap that starts and accelerates is likely to form a situation of being surrounded and fought to the end.

Xiao Heda led the White Horse Army Division to pursue behind at half speed, laughing and sneering at all kinds of times, but no one paid attention to them.

In the end, they only had to save some saliva when they were bored. It looks like Gao Fangping is thick-skinned and is not afraid of being scolded. Or rather, accustomed to being attacked by the Song Kingdom, Gao Fangpingbu is now immune to the "taunt skill" of Western Xia.

As a result, the huge cavalry of the enemy and us, which stretched for several miles, always maintained a state of half-speed, and made a detour in the direction of Baichi City.

In the end, Xiao Heda always suspected that Baichi City was an area that fell into Gao Fangping's hands in advance, and there might be something unfavorable to the Western Xia army, so this temptation ended. Since Gao Fangping was not fooled and did not face the battle, Xiao Heda had no choice but to give up, gave up the pursuit, and slowly began to command the army to maintain a state of mobility, draw a circle, and temporarily plan to leave the war zone.

After Xiao Heda's troops slowly broke away from the battlefield and lost the possibility of a surprise attack, Gao Fangping commanded the Song army to pause and rest.

Similarly, restore the initial state of the battlefield again, after turning the horse's head, the rear wing becomes a striker, and then separate the "thighs" into a V-shape to welcome guests, and once again put out the Great Song Qinglou formation to flirt with the Han.

Seeing this form again, the Tangut people who had worked in vain scolded on the opposite side, scolding all kinds of things, but they couldn't respond.

"Aggrieved, it doesn't seem that I'm really afraid of them, but I can't fight a decisive battle."

The Song army was in formation, and the generals including Shi Wen Gong Luda booed.

Gao Fangping said: "Don't be anxious, opportunities are waiting for you, it's just a matter of who makes the mistake first." The Xixia Divine Arm Crossbow is stronger than ours, with a range of about two layers away, and we don't know how many Divine Arm Crossbows they are equipped with, although it can't be too many, but this time Xiao Heda is concentrating all the national strength to fight against the water, and it can't be too little. If we rashly fall into passivity, be encircled by them, and attack with their orthodox divine arm crossbows that shoot through a thousand steps, and we can't hit them, then there will be heavy casualties except for Shi Wengong's department. I brought you to gain benefits, not to bring you to die in Western Xia, this is the key. ”

After a pause, Gao Fangping said again, "Be especially careful of their cold-forged armored cavalry of 2,500 people, that is plate armor, not the soft armor of the Yongle Army, plus their cavalry skills, if they use the Yongle Army to fight a confrontational hard battle, they will suffer." The advantage of plate armor is to impact the hard shock, and the advantage of my Yongle army's soft armor is that it is against bows and arrows, and it is also slightly stronger in maneuver than their cold-forged cavalry. So the key is to rather not fight, than use our disadvantage to spend with the opponent's advantage. ”

Having said that, these madmen who are so happy are still a little unconvinced.

Yang Zhi said unconvinced: "Xiang Gong Ming, then we just made a mistake in tactics, when his cold forging cavalry attacked from the middle, we should swear to resist their left and right wings, and then let the cold forging cavalry enter the firing range and annihilate them with a cluster of divine arm crossbows!" ”

"You're right." Gao Fangping narrowed his eyes and said: "But I have a feeling, Xiao Heda's order for the heavy cavalry to be inserted from the middle is just a feint, not a real hard attack, his eyes are waiting to see if our heavy cavalry attacks, if the heavy cavalry attacks, then they must be hard to fight, so as to cooperate with their light cavalry to complete the maneuver to form a siege." If we don't send out heavy cavalry, but the armor-piercing distance of our Divine Arm Crossbow is only a hundred paces away from his cold-forged armored cavalry, the projectile is completely ineffective. So when they are not really fighting, they are likely to walk the tightrope within the '100-step range' to play the side ball. The purpose is to attract me to the first wave of arrows. As soon as our department does not calmly release the first wave, it will be very passive later, temporarily losing long-range strike deterrence, and it is likely to trigger a hard-core bloody war in the first place. That was his Xiao Heda's purpose of fighting, not my Gao Fangping's. ”

Whether it is Gao Fangping said this or not, there is no way to confirm it now, everyone only knows one thing, with the cautious and treacherous style of the Great Demon King, although this is a bit of a grandson in terms of momentum, it is not a mistake......