The silver fox Tuoba Ning led more than 50,000 troops from Xiping Province, but was blocked by the imperial army several times along the way, losing one or two thousand men and horses.

In order to attack Fengxiang Mansion City, another five or six thousand people were lost, but even so, this Western Xia army still had more than 40,000 people.

A full division of the Imperial Army was 10,000 people, and so was Zhu Tong's second division, so this rescue was actually very risky.

Because in the field, the second division, which was composed entirely of infantry, was actually in a weak position in this battle, and it could be said that it was self-defeating to fight 40,000 infantry with 10,000 infantry.

In the military history of the world, there will be no miracles in this kind of situation where there is a huge disparity in the number of troops and troops, of course, Zhu Tong, who came to the rescue, did not think so, otherwise he would not dare to come.

Although the Western Xia army was large in number, most of them were extremely mobile cavalry, and the imperial army also had its own advantage, that is, the equipment far exceeded the enemy.

Although the terrain outside Fengxiang Mansion is somewhat hilly and ravine, it is generally flat, which is very conducive to the combat of the Western Xia cavalry.

Of course, this kind of terrain will also affect the speed of the war horse, reducing its impact by a few points, but even so, the situation of the second division that came to reinforce is not very good.

Because compared with the Western Xia people, in addition to the strength and types of troops, there is also a disadvantage, that is, the second division rushed to rescue Fengxiang in time, so the whole army rushed to attack.

Silver Fox Tuoba Ning has been able to maintain the strong strength of his clan under the suppression of Li Qianshun, the lord of Western Xia, over the years, firstly because he is the patriarch of the big clan of the party, and secondly, he has been fighting in the east and west since he was young, and he has made great achievements, and he is a rare person with wisdom and courage in Western Xia.

At this moment, Tuoba Ning saw that the enemy had reinforcements coming, and immediately ordered the troops to be withdrawn, after all, in addition to attacking Fengxiang because of improving morale and letting the soldiers under his command vent, in fact, there was no benefit to be gained, and there was no need to waste troops at this time.

After a general glance at the rushing Imperial Army, Tuoba Ning saw the purpose of this reinforcement.

Because of the fatigue of the rapid march, the second division of the imperial army arrived at the battlefield, and after lifting the siege of Fengxiang Fucheng, it set up a position on the spot to stabilize its position, and bought time to let the soldiers rest as much as possible.

Since the founding of the country, the Imperial Army has been dominated by infantry, so when facing the enemy in the field, it also has very complete defensive measures.

The barricades of steel thistles, the traps dug by the sappers, the large shields against bows and arrows, and the quickly set up rifle defense formations were enough to keep the enemy from making a move.

Should we attack immediately, or wait until the Imperial army, which has been on a long journey, has rested before fighting?

Tuoba Ning didn't need to think about this question at all, because no one paid attention to morality or anything like that on the battlefield, so he waved his horsewhip vigorously and ordered a cavalry unit under his command to charge the imperial army array!

Tuoba Ning's reaction was undoubtedly quick and correct, because the dismantling artillery of the Imperial Army had not yet been successfully assembled at this time, the trap pits dug by the sappers and the trenches dug by the soldiers had not yet been completed, and the legs of all the officers and men of the Second Division were still a little sore.

About 5,000 light cavalry had passed enough distance, and the hooves rushed to the front of the Imperial army's formation like thunder, and just after reaching the range of the bow and arrow, they opened their bows and arrows in unison, and splashed out a rain of arrows, shining on the position of the Imperial army.

The cavalry had a great advantage over the infantry, and the party general who commanded this cavalry unit planned to rush into the enemy formation in the shortest possible time, as long as he could rush in, he believed that his cavalry would instantly disperse the enemy's formation, and a massacre would follow.

When the Dangxiang people fought against the Song people, they often used this simple attack method, but unfortunately their current enemy was not the poorly armed and untrained Song soldiers, but the regular army of the empire.

After the Western Xia cavalry fired a wave of arrows, they all rushed forward desperately, and the hooves roared.

Zhu Tong, who was standing in the formation to observe the movements of the Western Xia army, also put down his binoculars at this time, and said disdainfully to the generals around him: "The Western Xia people have fought for so many years, but there is still no change. Now let them see the true strength of the Imperial Army! ”

After receiving Zhu Tong's order, the imperial army that had escaped the rain of arrows finally began to counterattack.

Rows of sparkling fires lit up from the Imperial positions, and the muskets in the hands of the soldiers began to fire.

Countless bullets flew out at high speed, because the Imperial army was divided into several waves, so one group of soldiers finished shooting and loaded, and another group of soldiers fired.

From the moment the soldiers of the Imperial Army opened fire, the gunfire never stopped, and between fifty and a hundred meters in front, a dead fire blockade was formed.

All the Western Xia cavalry who broke into this firepower network immediately ended up on their backs, and no one cared about what happened to the cavalry who fell off their horses in this state of high-speed galloping.

The party general who led the charge was also extraordinary, and when he saw that the front army could not break through the firepower network laid by the imperial army, he immediately ordered his cavalry troops to change the direction of the attack.

The party general thought very well, he believed that since the front of the imperial army was so strong, the positions on the two flanks, especially in the rear, must be where the loopholes lie.

Therefore, the thousands of Western Xia cavalry quickly changed formation, except for the front army that continued to rush forward, the other cavalry divided into three, bypassed the firing range of the imperial army's position, and outflanked the two flanks and the rear.

The frontal Tangut cavalry were quickly cleared in front of the endless rain of bullets, and they bought some time for the rest of the Tanguts.

The party general personally led his army around the rear of the Imperial army's position, and then he led his men and horses to launch an even more aggressive charge with the cavalry on both flanks......

The battle didn't last long, and the advent of muskets did change the way warfare was conducted, as long as the soldiers had enough ammunition, they could shoot endlessly, and as long as the enemy was not enough to rush into the formation, they were invincible.

After the dust and smoke caused by the galloping of war horses cleared, it could be seen that in front of the four positions of the imperial army, there were corpses of war horses and Western Xia cavalry.

Of course, there are also some Tangut people who are lucky not to die, and at this moment they are either lying in place wailing and crying, or crawling into the distance, wanting to leave this place where death came.

Fighting against Fengxiang's security army before, the Tangut people had already seen the resilience of the imperial people.

And at this moment, in this wilderness, the Western Xia really saw the attack and defense capabilities of the imperial army.

Almost all of the five thousand Western Xia cavalry died in front of the imperial army, and there were corpses of people and horses lying everywhere, and what surprised the most party officers such as the silver fox Tuoba Ning who watched the battle was that there were so many troops, and none of them rushed into the imperial army's formation.

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