Infantry riding horses, without considering the charge, can be a lot of things, nothing more than the horse as a means of transportation, and even do not need to train the war horse on the battlefield, generally, a horse that can travel.

When encountering the attack of the enemy's cavalry, the cavalry troops need to stand up, and among the 40,000 people, there are only 5,000 cavalry, which is the same cavalry as Zhou Wenxiu's department, armed to the teeth.

In the past, this was just a chicken rib, and it did not play a big role on the battlefield, and when it was in pursuit, it also needed to be based on the situation, but now, their role is very simple, that is, to buy time for the follow-up troops.

The cavalry grappled, the heavy infantry lined up the camp, and then the longbow team attacked under their protection, once the longbow team opened the attack camp, it was like mercury pouring ground, omnipotent, even if the cavalry fled, they could also chase on horseback, it would not be like before, looking at the ocean and sighing, it can be said that the combat effectiveness has increased more than doubled.

The northwest, under the control of Han Qi, was like a sophisticated machine, and began to move wildly, not only these troops, but also a large number of supplies.

Han Qi sat at the border pass, and even brought everything to the front, and the pervasive spies began to frequently dispatch in the territory of Western Xia, which was not discovered by Western Xia and Liao.

If it were to be replaced by the previous Western Xia, it would definitely be discovered, but at this time, Yuan Hao made a large-scale contraction of personnel in order to hold Xingqing Mansion, and as for the Liao State, he didn't think of it at all.

More and more news, more and more proofs, make Han Qi's heart surging, a few years ago, although Han Qi was not affected, and the clouds soared, but in his heart, it was an eternal knot, and he didn't want to come back all the time, but it was a pity that the strength of Western Xia and the powerlessness of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Now, with a simple arrangement of Zhao Xin, the Northern Song Dynasty just took advantage of the guide, and even did not pay a big price, so he got such a rare opportunity, Lingzhou, must be taken, and it is won quickly and completely.

Zhao Xin's estimate was really right, and Zhou Wenxiu also satisfied him, soon the Xingqing Mansion in Western Xia was about to be besieged by the Liao State, and the Liao State could not capture the Xingqing Mansion, which was the basis for Yuan Hao's decision, and he was ready to use the strong city defense of the Xingqing Mansion to offset the combat strength advantage of the Liao army.

That's right, among the 100,000 Liao troops, most of them are cavalry, and the cavalry can't attack the city, which is the lesson of the Western Xia with blood, because the Liao State has fewer large-scale wars, and there are few wars for the Northern Song Dynasty, most of them are bluffing coercion, so as to get a little benefit.

The Western Xia was different, countless attacks on the Northern Song Dynasty, and even there were precedents for attacking important cities on the border, they knew this, and used cavalry to attack well-defended cities, unless they used all cavalry to consume the strength of the city defense from the side, so that they could not help break through the city at all, at most it was just consumption.

If you really want the cavalry to attack the city directly, or dismount to attack the city, then it is in the middle of the arms, the Northern Song Dynasty soldiers have clouds, ten are to surround it, five are to attack it, and the times are divided.

The field combat power of the Liao State is very strong, which makes Yuan Hao lose the idea of fighting with the Liao State, but defending the city, it is no problem, not to mention, there are hundreds of thousands of elites and vassals, and the overall strength is not much worse than that of the Liao State.

Although the Western Xia failed twice in a row and suffered heavy losses, the main force was not lost, and if he really wanted to fight with the Liao State, he might not necessarily fail, but in order to avoid too many losses, he chose such a path.

In a sense, this road is a tricky road, and once this road is achieved, it is very likely that there will be fewer losses and defeat the Liao army.

Up to now, Yuan Hao's idea is still to defeat the Liao army with fewer losses, so as to obtain the more advantageous places among the three kingdoms.

I have to say that Yuan Hao's idea is very good, this has a premise, the premise is that the Liao State does not have a strong siege force, in fact, the Liao State really does not have it, even if it is Xiao Hui, the powerful and experienced commander, there is no way to face the strong city of Xingqing Mansion.

But this point, on the side of the Northern Song Dynasty, has no meaning at all. If it weren't for the poor field battle of the Northern Song Dynasty, it would be very easy, in the large-scale field battle, because of the difference in strength, and was defeated by the other party, the Northern Song Dynasty would have bulldozed the other two long ago.

Now, the main force of Western Xia has retreated to Xingqing Mansion and the west, and the rest, bordering the Northern Song Dynasty, has very weak defenses, which is almost equivalent to an undefended city

Within 5 days after the news spread, a very large cavalry force arrived at the border city of the Northern Song Dynasty, and suddenly, this small border city was surrounded by water.

Han Qi knew the significance of the speed of the soldiers, so he didn't let the cavalry stay here too long, and immediately led the troops to attack the territory of Western Xia.

Except for a few of these longbowmen who chased ducks to the shelves, those who had previous experience in horse hunting, the rest were all novices, but they had only been trained in assault for more than a month.

However, the effect is good, the quality of the soldiers is much better than that of the civilians, and the infantry on horseback is much easier to train than the cavalry, as long as they master the horse and can move forward quickly with the help of the horse, and the rest is left alone.

When the infantry marches long distances, the speed may only be thirty or forty miles a day, but the cavalry, even if it is such a variant of mounted infantry, their speed is more than 200 miles a day, almost five or six times the speed.

The consumption of materials by the longbow team is several times that of ordinary troops, and for 40,000 people, Han Qi also prepared a large convoy to provide them with supplies, which is slightly better from the border of the Northern Song Dynasty to Lingzhou.

Because he got Zhou Wenxiu's report, Han Qi knew very well that at least in a month or two, he would not encounter large-scale resistance, and Yuan Hao's main force would not be able to leave Xingqing Mansion, this was an opportunity.

After entering the territory of Lingzhou, he took the risk to separate the cavalry troops, from the original complete team, into 10 detachments.

Zhou Wenxiu's performance reminded Han Qi that in the big tribes have shrunk, and even the ordinary Western Xia army has returned to the stall of Xingqing Mansion, in Lingzhou, which is not a big state, there is not much resistance.

The longbow team and the infantry armor, their purpose is just to prevent Yuan Hao from making a desperate bet, sending a large number of troops over for a decisive battle, and really quickly occupying Lingzhou, or these cavalry troops, at the same time, their speed, lock the key arteries, and let Western Xia know as late as possible, this is the best way.