This general who led the elite cavalry from Montenegro was Li Zhizhong, who Li Qianshun trusted the most, and his target this time was Hohhot, an important town set up by the empire in the northwest.

The city's location was important, with Western Xia to the west and Mongolia to the north, and was the largest place of trade between the empire and the Mongols.

In recent years, because the Mongols continued to fight against the Western Xia and Jin people, they were in urgent need of various materials, and although the empire had Qingtang, a horse breeding land, there was also a great demand for horses, so they were willing to do this business with the Mongols.

Hohhot is hundreds of miles away from the border of Western Xia, and there are more than 10,000 heavily armed patrol troops stationed there, so no one has dared to invade it in recent years.

Li Qianshun had studied several imperial cities beforehand, and finally he found that Hohhot was the best target, because it was a huge transit center where the empire would transport food, weapons and ammunition before distributing them to imperial soldiers on the northern and western borders.

After determining the target of the robbery, Li Qianshun was worried that after the other tribes got the food and materials, they would directly transport all the food and materials to his own territory, so he arranged one of his own people in the two robbing armies.

Li Zhizhong led the most elite 50,000 cavalry of Western Xia to Hohhot in high spirits, just as he expected, the empire could not be completely defended in the face of a long border, and the Western Xia army easily broke into the territory of the empire.

Originally, Li Zhizhong thought that the battle would take place in Hohhot, but he never expected that his army would be ambushed by the imperial army in this plain area.

At this moment, Li Zhizhong looked at the artillery position of the imperial army in front of him, and splashed a large area of grapeshot on the vanguard cavalry, and his own side suffered heavy casualties under the attack of this powerful firepower.

As the commander of this army, Li Zhizhong hesitated slightly, and hurriedly ordered the whole army to break through to the left, preparing to bypass the artillery positions of the imperial army.

As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible, when the empire is studying the Western Xia, the Tangut people are also studying the advantages and disadvantages of the empire.

Li Zhizhong knew the shortcomings of the imperial artillery, one was slow to load, and the other was very slow to move, and the Western Xia cavalry led by him was precisely the most mobile type of troops.

It can be said that any qualified general, after encountering such an attack, has two options.

The braver generals will choose to assault the whole army, taking advantage of the interval between the reloading of the Imperial army's artillery, to rush into the artillery positions of the Imperial army and start a melee battle.

Another option is that Li Zhizhong now chooses to directly bypass the point where the enemy's firepower is most powerful, and quickly break through and advance towards the set goal.

Li Zhizhong, who had the task of grabbing grain, chose the latter, but this did not change the situation of this Western Xia army, because the artillery of the imperial army also appeared on the left.

"Boom Boom Boom ......" After seeing the Western Xia cavalry enter the firing range, the artillery of the imperial army roared again.

In this era, no army can withstand the attack of grapeshot, so Li Zhizhong, who does not believe in evil, once again ordered the whole army to go around to the right, but unfortunately there are also imperial artillery positions here......

One failure and setback is nothing, everyone has a time when they make a mistake in judgment, but three mistakes made the morale of the Western Xia cavalry plummet, and they also had some doubts about Li Zhizhong's command.

In fact, it is no wonder that Li Zhizhong would make a wrong judgment, you must know that in this vast prairie, no one can imagine why the army and artillery of the imperial army would be ambushed in front of them accurately, and it was the kind that was surrounded on three sides, which really surprised him.

There were imperial troops in front and on the left and right, and it would definitely cost a lot to break through, and Li Zhizhong didn't know what else was waiting for him in the rear of the artillery, so he chose to retreat.

This Western Xia cavalry is indeed elite, with Li Zhizhong's order, more than 40,000 war horses galloping forward, all turned abruptly, drew a perfect arc, and then the hooves thundered the road when it came quickly retreated.

The imperial army that lacked cavalry was mainly infantry, so they could accurately set up an encirclement in front, but there was no way to block the back road of the Tanguts, and they could only see these Tangut cavalry galloping away.

Fang Ding, the commander of the Second Regiment of the Eighth Army of the Empire, saw that the Western Xia people did not choose to rush over, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief and put down the binoculars.

In fact, this ambush circle temporarily arranged on the grassland has only one regiment and dozens of artillery pieces.

There were more than 1,000 people in a regiment, and in the face of as many as 50,000 Western Xia cavalry, although there were powerful artillery pieces and mines buried in front, it was no wonder that Fang Ding was a little afraid.

Fortunately, the Tanguts did not have the courage to continue to advance, which also allowed the imperial army to annihilate hundreds of Tangut cavalry without any losses.

In the following time, the elite cavalry unit led by Li Zhizhong continued to gallop around the vast prairie, but the miraculous thing was that they would always be ambushed by the imperial army.

Ambush refers to a tactical means of placing troops in front of the enemy's passage to wait for or lure the enemy into the area, and suddenly launch an attack to annihilate the enemy.

The biggest challenge with this ambush tactic is that you need to know the exact direction of the enemy's movement, otherwise if you set up an ambush circle and the enemy doesn't come in, it will be a bit of a failure.

Li Zhizhong, who had lost his troops and lost his generals, rode on his horse, his mind full of unwillingness and doubts.

As a fierce general of Western Xia, Li Zhizhong can be regarded as a battle-hardened man, who has not only fought the Tubo people, but also went to the Western Regions and the Jin Kingdom to kill, so he is not afraid of fighting the enemy.

But now this situation really makes Li Zhizhong incomprehensible, in order to avoid the ambush of the imperial army, he has changed the direction of travel several times, but each time the enemy will wait in front of him in advance.

Li Zhizhong, who was full of doubts, inadvertently looked at the sky, intending to look at the current sky and hour, and accidentally saw the black dot flying high in the sky, and he suddenly understood.

If the imperial army can know its own actions so accurately, it must have the means to detect itself at any time, but Li Zhizhong has eliminated the factors of mole and witchcraft, so there is only one possibility now.

Li Zhizhong knew that the people of the Jin Kingdom would train Hai Dongqing as a scout in the air, but he didn't expect that the imperial army would also have this method, but since he finally knew the other party's tricks, he also had corresponding countermeasures.

At this time, Shi En, the commander of the Third Division of the Eighth Army Corps, who was sitting in Hohhot City, heard the latest news about the Western Xia Army from the Transfiguration Warr, and said in disappointment: "It seems that the Western Xia people have discovered the flying eagle in the sky. ”

At this point, it was no longer possible to ambush the Tanguts, so Shi En immediately ordered: "Immediately withdraw all the troops and prepare for a tough battle here!" ”

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