At the first watch, Li Zhizong was already asleep, but a strong push woke him up from his deep sleep, "What's the matter?" He asked vaguely.

"Du Shuai, the big thing is not good, the Fine Seal Department, the Yeli Department and the Mi Capture Department have already withdrawn from the army."

Li Zhizong has not fully sobered up, he is like a short circuit in his head, and he has not reacted for a long time.

The pro-soldier said hurriedly: "The Xifeng Army, the Yeli Army and the Mi Bao Army have left the camp and withdrawn to the west!" ”

"Ahh

Li Zhizong finally reacted, he screamed, jumped up from the head of the bed at once, and yelled: "When did this happen? ”

"Just now, now the barracks are in chaos!"

At this time, there was a sudden shout outside, and a soldier rushed in to report: "Several tribal army leaders are outside, and they want to see Du Shuai!" ”

Li Zhizong was so panicked and anxious that he didn't even have time to put on his shoes, so he ran out, only to see several other tribal leaders gathered outside the big tent angrily, and when they saw Li Zhizong coming out, they immediately rushed up.

"Du Shuai, what's going on? Why did the fine sealing army retreat, is the court lying to us? There was no one to save our tribe at all. ”

Li Zhizong secretly complained, he had to stabilize these leaders, the fine seal department retreated with the Yeli Department and the Mi Capture Department, and 50,000 people left at once, and the remaining 50,000 people could not be dispersed anymore, even if he cheated, he had to deceive these.

He hurriedly shouted: "Everyone, please listen to me, things are not what everyone thinks, please be quiet!" ”

Everyone gradually quieted down, and Li Zhizong said loudly: "Iron Harrier went to Helan Mountain to deal with the Song army, but the capital can't be without defenders, so before the Tuoba army rushed to the capital, let the Xifeng army, Yeli army and Mi capture army go to the capital to garrison first, and they will be transferred back to Xingqing Mansion." ”

There was some truth to this reason, and one of the leaders asked, "Then why didn't you say it this afternoon?" ”

"It was only tonight that I received the secret order of the Son of Heaven, but the three of them went north first, because they were afraid that the news would be revealed and alarm the Song army, so they went north secretly and did not tell everyone."

"But our 50,000 people are not the opponent of the Song army, the fine seal is gone, what should we do?"

Everyone almost believed Li Zhizong's words, and the fine seal also left without leaving a word, and everyone was very at a loss.

Li Zhizong hit the railway while it was hot: "Everyone go back to pack up the camp tent first, and after dawn, we will retreat into Jingzhou and defend the city with Jingzhou." ”

Everyone went back one after another, and the camp gradually became quiet again, and the sleepy soldiers fell asleep again, except for some high-ranking generals, who were worried and could not sleep.

Time gradually came to the fourth watch, a group of more than 10,000 Song cavalry began to quickly approach the Xixia camp, they came extremely fast, almost at the same time as the alarm on the periphery of the Xixia army was issued, the Song cavalry had already killed, overwhelming rockets shot at the Xixia army camp, and the thunder throwers continued to throw the earth-shaking thunder into the Xixia army camp.

The fire was monstrous, spreading rapidly, the explosions were everywhere, the soldiers of the Western Xia army who had been alarmed were frightened and ran in all directions, groups of frightened war horses galloped out, and a Song army of more than 20,000 people came from the north, they shot like arrows like rain, mercilessly shooting the Western Xia soldiers who had just escaped from the camp.

Li Zhizong's camp was also attacked by rockets, his camp was surrounded by spears, although this defense effectively blocked the enemy's attack, but also hindered the escape of the Western Xia soldiers, the camp was already on fire, the fire was so rapid that the soldiers dismantled their tents and had no time to avoid the spread of the fire, so they had to abandon the tents and run outside the camp.

But the dense spears hindered the escape of the soldiers, and many of them fell on the spears and were pierced through the body by the spears.

The only way out was extremely congested, thousands of soldiers rushed to flee outside, many soldiers were pushed down and trampled, they cried helplessly, and finally were suffocated or trampled to death.

At this moment, a dense burst of arrows came at them, and the soldiers fell down with screams, and opposite them, a group of 3,000 Song infantry appeared, and they shot with bows and arrows, which were also powerful in killing.

Li Zhizong escaped from the camp by the ten relatives, but encountered a team of 100 Song cavalry, 20,000 cavalry had all dispersed, with 100 people as a team, ruthlessly killing the Western Xia soldiers who fled in all directions.

When the cavalry general found that Li Zhizong was still wearing a golden helmet on his head, he was overjoyed in his heart, and turned around and shouted: "Brothers, the big deal is coming!" ”

They roared and rushed up, the spear stabbed Li Zhizong's own soldiers, Li Zhizong turned around and fled, but ran less than a dozen steps, he only felt a cold vest, the tip of a gun appeared in his chest, Li Zhizong screamed, fell to the ground, realized that it had not disappeared, only felt a sharp pain in his neck, and he didn't know anything.

For the first general, he held high Li Zhizong's head, and rushed to shout: "The enemy commander is dead!" The enemy commander is dead! ”

At this time, the 10,000 cavalry of the Song Army on the periphery continued to encircle and suppress the fleeing Western Xia soldiers, and the Western Xia camp had been completely engulfed in the fire.

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Jingzhou is about 70 miles away from the Yellow River, and at dawn, 50,000 party cavalry led by the Xifeng army finally arrived at the Yellow River.

Since the imperial court did not have the sincerity to rescue their fathers, elders, wives and children who were slaughtered by the Song army, they could only rely on themselves, and in today's increasingly intensified contradictions between the various ethnic groups of the party and the imperial court, they could not be expected to give up their own tribal interests for the interests of Western Xia, let alone rescue their parents, wives and children.

The 50,000-strong army galloped westward, and after a night's wild gallop, their efforts were not in vain, and they rushed to the bank of the Yellow River, and after crossing the Yellow River, they could reach the foot of the Henan Mountain.

Crossing the Yellow River was already a common occurrence for the Western Xia army, and they had already solved this marching problem, each soldier of the Western Xia army carried thirty sheepskin air bags, which were usually deflated and folded in a leather bag, placed behind the saddle, and immediately blown when they needed to be used, these air bags would form a small sheepskin raft, just enough to cross one person and one horse.

The Yellow River near Xingqing Mansion is wide, the water flow is very gentle, it is relatively easy to cross the river, as long as a person sits on a sheepskin raft and does not move, after more than half an hour, the river will naturally send him to the opposite bank, so every household has its own sheepskin raft, which is equivalent to a necessary means of transportation.

After a short time, the water surface was covered with dense dots of soldiers crossing the river, and nearly half of the soldiers had already crossed the river, and half an hour later, some of the soldiers of the Western Xia Army began to go ashore.

At this moment, a large number of warships suddenly appeared on the river, there were hundreds of them, and the sailors of the Jingzhao Army finally came, led by a thousand-stone warship, Zhang Shun stood at the bow of the boat, holding a big gun, he pointed to the countless rafts in the Yellow River not far away and shouted: "Knock them over, shoot the enemy for me!" ”

In just a moment, the Thousand Stone Warship took the lead in rushing into the enemy's raft group, and the powerful inertia knocked over more than 20 rafts in a row, and the horses and soldiers on the raft fell into the water one after another, and then the soldiers on the ship began to release arrows and shoot the soldiers who fell into the water.

As more and more warships rushed into the raft group, there was a terrifying scene on the surface of the Yellow River, just like wolves broke into the sheepfold, the Song warships hit the raft without scruples, the balance of the raft was very poor, the slightest collision will be overboard, the Song soldiers on the boat either shoot or stab with spears, and kill the soldiers who fell into the water one by one.

This is a typical half-crossing strategy, the Song army has already laid a net, and when the Western Xia army crosses the river halfway, it will launch an attack, which can enable the Song army to annihilate the enemy army at the minimum cost.

At this time, the war drums on both sides of the river rumbled at the same time, and 20,000 cavalry of the Song army on the east and west banks came out and killed the Western Xia soldiers who were preparing to cross the river and had just arrived on the riverbank.

The Western Xia soldiers were in chaos, and Xifengbei had already crossed the Yellow River, and there were only more than 10,000 soldiers who crossed the Yellow River. ”

Without waiting for the soldiers to prepare, 20,000 Song cavalry under the leadership of Cao Meng were overwhelming, and the Western Xia cavalry rushed to the battle, and they were rushed into chaos in an instant.

And the cavalry on the east bank lost their command, in the panic, what they thought of was not to fight, but to ride on their horses and escape, more than 20,000 soldiers on the east bank rode wildly, and the Song cavalry behind pursued all the way, chased out more than 30 miles, killed more than half of the enemy army, and the Song cavalry stopped chasing and turned back.

At this time, more than 10,000 cavalry on the west bank had been defeated, and the cavalry of the Song army was also chasing and killing the enemy troops who were scattered and fleeing.

In this half-crossing interception battle, 40,000 Song cavalry annihilated nearly 40,000 enemy troops in one fell swoop, although nearly 10,000 enemy soldiers still escaped, but it could not change the outcome of more than 100,000 party and Xiang coalition troops being completely defeated.

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