Chapter 17 The Xia Army of Zangdi River Defeated the Song soldiers of Zonggukou retreated
Zhang Cheng, the general on the right side of the Song army, also saw the formation of the Xia army, and immediately ordered the whole army on the right to set up a formation, and Wang Jin was stationed in the front army on the spot.
However, it was said that Wang Hou and Liu Zhongwu commanded the Middle Route Army and the Left Route Army and also saw the Xia Army's reinforcements arrive, and the Right Route Army and the Xia Army's vanguard army were killed for a while. But Wang Hou hesitated, until a large number of reinforcements from the Xia army arrived, Wang Hou panicked, and immediately divided an army to block the Xia army in Zangdihe City, and the rest of the Song army rushed to join Zhang Cheng's right army and prepare to fight.
The commander of the Xia army was the famous general of Western Xia, Wei Mingchage, who did not dare to attack easily when he saw that the Song army on Zhang Cheng's right was complete, but when he saw that Wang Hou and Liu Zhongwu were moving the army to the left and the Song army in the middle, the formation was loose, and when he saw the opportunity, he did not wait for the Song army to converge and ordered to rush into battle. The war drums of the Xia army thundered, and several cavalry troops flew out of the army, and the banner was the elite iron harrier of the Xia army! Several iron harriers of nearly 8,000 horsemen, with a dense layer of fish scale array, came up, and took advantage of the Song soldiers to move the army to set up the formation, and stormed the Song army of Qinfeng Road, the left route of the Song army.
Seeing this, the Xia army guards of Zangdihe City opened the city gate and killed the Xia army in the city, and the Song army that stayed outside Zangdihe City to block it could not resist it, and they were defeated and retreated, impulsively attacking the Chinese army. The commander of the Xia army's reinforcements saw that it was cheap, and sent several cavalry armies to surround Zhang Cheng's right army, thinking that it was a deterrent, and the rest of the soldiers and horses attacked the Song army's left army and the middle route army.
Zhang Cheng commanded the right route army, saw that the Chinese army was attacked, he was anxious, and immediately divided the only 3,000 cavalry to rush to the rescue, but was stopped and killed by several cavalry troops distributed by the Xia army on the way, and could not advance an inch. The rest of the right army was an infantry army, and they did not dare to move their positions easily.
The two armies fought for a long time, the Song army broke first on the left side, the Xia army took advantage of the situation to pursue, three commanders of Qin Feng Road, two soldiers and horses were overseers, five generals died together, and nearly 30,000 Song soldiers on Qin Feng Road were killed in battle!
Wang Hou and Liu Zhongwu saw that the left flank was scattered, and the Chinese army could not last, so they had to fight and retreat. Zhang Cheng on the right saw that the momentum was not good, so he had to order Ma Jun to retreat alternately.
Shi Jin followed Wang Jin and Hu Sanniang in the formation and slowly retreated, and said in frustration: "I can't imagine that we will be defeated like this, why didn't our right army come forward to fight?" Wang Jin said: "Our army has heavy infantry armor, and it is the first to receive the enemy, fighting for a while, the soldiers are tired, and they are easy to enter, but I am afraid that even 30,000 people on the right side will have to take in." Shi Jin looked at the Xia Guojun flag flying back and forth in the distance, and said angrily: "Hold it up!" Sanniang's face sank like water, she didn't say a word, but she was secretly sighing in her heart, such a large army fought in battle, but the power of one person was so small.
Zhang Cheng retreated to the valley mouth of Zonggu to defend it, and sent soldiers and horses to meet the defeated army on the left and middle roads, and the Xia army rushed to the valley mouth, seeing that the Song army had occupied the geographical advantage, and did not move lightly, and returned to Zangdihe City with victory. In the battle, the Song army was defeated, five generals were killed on the spot, more than 38,000 people were killed in the battle, and countless people were wounded by arrows. After the war, Wang Hou, the general of the unified army, was only afraid that the court would investigate it, so he handed over Tong Guan with heavy bribes.
However, it was said that Wang Jin, Hu Sanniang, Shi Jin and a thousand Nuanquanzhai infantry retreated, which was a little comforting. In the evening, the armies sat on the ground, the pots and tents were lost, and the soldiers had to eat the dry food they carried.
Shi Jin took a bite of the thick noodles and steamed buns, but found that half of the mouthful was sand, but he didn't dare to spit it out, so he only ate a bite there and scolded Xia Nu. When he was scolding, a piece of jerky was handed to him, and when Shi Jin looked at it, he saw Sanniang smiling and said: "You just scold a thousand words, and you can't hurt Xia Nu even half a penny." ”
Shi Jin's eyes widened and said, "Senior brother, do you still have any dried meat left?" "When the Song soldiers on the right entered the army in the morning, each person was given two thick noodles and two pieces of mutton jerky, and Shi Jin couldn't live without meat for every meal, so he ate it early in the morning.
Hu Sanniang stuffed the jerky into his hand and said, "Don't talk too much, eat quickly." Shi Jin said: "The master and brother haven't eaten, and I don't dare to enjoy it alone." Hu Sanniang smiled: "I have eaten with the master, you eat quickly, it's time for us to go into battle." Shi Jin did not doubt it, and ate it in two bites.
After a while, Wang Jin walked over with a frown, Sanniang and Shi Jin got up to meet them, and Sanniang asked, "How is the battle?" Wang Jin sighed and said: "After folding the three commanders of Qin Fenglu, the two soldiers and horses are superintendents, and the 30,000 soldiers of Qin Fenglu will come back less than 1,000 people. ”
Hu Sanniang snorted and said: "Wang Houjiao's troops will be defeated, the left road and the Chinese army will go to Zangdihe City first, but they will not take down the hard village first, and only care about waving the army to attack the city. ”
Wang Jin frowned and said, "The three of us can talk about this, and then pass it on." Then he said: "The deputy minister ordered me to take more than 100 horsemen out to patrol the sentry, and you two borrowed the horses, and I sent others to go." ”
This time, Shi Jin hurriedly said: "What did the master say? When you go, my brother and I will go. ”
Wang Jin said: "The patrol is very dangerous, if you encounter a Xia Nu sentinel fight, I am afraid that I will not be able to protect the two of you." As a division and military officer, there is no complaint about serving the country with death, but the two of you are not in the army, so you don't have to take risks. ”
Hu Sanniang smiled and said: "Master, you are trapping me and Dalang for injustice, how can there be a reason for the master to take risks alone and steal life in the back?" If the three of us are destined to die, we will do a death. ”
Wang Jin smiled and said: "You can see it clearly, there is nothing important except death, it's a big deal, the three of us master and apprentice will die in one place." ”
At that moment, the three masters and apprentices and more than 100 cavalry of the Song army stopped in a bunch, each took a sword and a bow and crossbow, got on the horse, went straight out of Zonggu, and went to the northwest sentry.
The moonlight is just right tonight, under the moonlight that melts and falls, more than 100 cavalry of the Song army are divided into several teams and quietly move forward, patrol out for more than 30 miles, come to a slightly higher place, raise your eyes and look into the distance, only to see the camp fire around Zangdi River City in the north like stars in the sky, tens of thousands of troops of the Xia army are more than ten miles outside the city, and there is no end in sight from far and near.
When Wang Jin wanted to take a closer look, he only heard the horn blowing in the distance, and a group of Xia cavalry roared over, Wang Jin scolded: "Xia Nu's good nose!" Sanniang, you retreat first, and I will be behind the palace! ”
Hu Sanniang raised the iron spear and said: "Master, the brave wins when you meet on the narrow road, first rush over for a while, Xia Jun doesn't know the reality of our army!" After saying that, he shouted first, and rode out with an iron spear in his hand.
Wang Jin and Shi Jin were shocked, Shi Jin didn't wait for Wang Jin to speak, and had already urged Ma to chase Sanniang. Wang Jin's mind turned slightly, and he also knew that what Sanniang said was extremely true, if he left first without a fight, Xia Jun would definitely chase after him, and when he ran and lost his sharpness, he would lose his courage when he wanted to go back and fight. At that moment, Wang Jin raised his anger and shouted: "Sons, follow me to rush over and kill it, so that I can teach Xia Nu to know how powerful my Great Song Western Army is!" At that moment, more than 100 cavalry cavalry of the Song Army also shouted loudly, each raising his blade, urging his horse to rush over.
When Hu Sanniang urged the horse to rush to more than 100 steps away, she saw Xia Jun's armor shining in the moonlight, and she was secretly happy: "The night is not good for bows and arrows, which is also very clear." At that moment, the iron spear was hung on the saddle, and the golden eagle bow was taken out, and seven arrows were shot out in one breath, and sure enough, the five horsemen of the Xia army fell off their horses in response, but two arrows missed, but it was dark at night.
At that moment, Hu Sanniang controlled the horse with his legs, went around in a circle, and swept in front of the Xia cavalry, but the golden eagle bow in his hand did not stop, and the beaded arrows did not stop passing, until a pot of arrows was shot, and the Xia army chased more than 30 people, and they did not dare to chase for a while.
At this time, Shi Jin and Wang Jin led the troops to arrive, and the two of them each raised their blades and roared, rushing into the enemy formation, and the Song soldiers and hundreds of horsemen also rushed over. The cavalry of the Xia army was shot by Sanniang with a series of arrows, and then rushed by the Song army, and they were messed up.
When Sanniang saw it, she also turned her horse's head and rushed back with her gun raised. I saw her holding a gun in one hand, speeding up, a Xia army cavalry raised a long knife to meet, Sanniang did not accept the horse, when the two horses staggered, the spear in Sanniang's hand stabbed out like lightning, between the lightning and flint, the Xia army saw a flash of light in front of him, and he was shot in the throat, and fell off the horse and died without saying a word.
Sanniang rushed into the formation, there was no enemy everywhere she passed, her gun was as fast as lightning, as sharp as a dragon, rushing all the way, and there were no less than twenty or thirty Xia soldiers who died under her. On the other hand, Wang Jin and Shi Jin were like wolves who had entered the flock, clashing back and forth, and the Xia army was almost ineffective. Seeing that the Xia army could not resist the enemy, some soldiers had already raised their horns to blow, and the remnants of the Xia army immediately fought back.
After Hu Sanniang stabbed a Xia soldier to death, he urged the horse to Wang Jin's side and said: "Master, the Xia army blows the horn, I am afraid that the army of vitality will come to help, the master will lead the troops to retreat first, and I will stop Dalang and come." ”
Wang Jin nodded and said, "Don't fall in love with the war, come back quickly!" Then he whistled and beckoned the Song cavalry to retreat.
Hu Sanniang caught up with Shi Jin and shouted: "Dalang, the master has an order, let's go back to the army!" Shi Jin said: "Senior brother, when the killing is rising, let me rush to kill for a while!" Sanniang said angrily: "This is a battlefield, you have to listen to the general's orders!" Don't you listen to me?! Only then did Shi Jin rein in the horse's head and turn back with Hu Sanniang.
The two of them drove the king to go, and when they went out of Lixu, they only heard the sound of horses' hooves on the left, and suddenly a military horse came out on the left, Hu Sanniang frowned and said: "Da Lang, the two of us have been driven back, there is no way left and right, follow me to the conflict!" Shi Jin said: "But listen to my brother!" The two of them urged their horses, and they both shouted loudly, and each raised his sword and struggled forward to clash.
After running out of more than 100 steps, I already saw the Xia army, there were always more than 100 horses up and down, but the dress was different from the appropriate Xia army, these Xia soldiers were wearing fine armor, even with iron masks on their faces, and even iron chains on their bodies, wrapping themselves in the saddle. Hu Sanniang gasped and shouted: "Da Lang carefully, these are the elite iron harriers of the Xia Army!" ”
While speaking, the two had rushed closer, Sanniang's spear flew out, stabbing two people in the throat, although the iron harrier was covered with armor, but there was a gap in the throat between the helmet and the body armor, Sanniang's eyes were fast, and two shots in a row stabbed two people to death. But the two iron harriers did not fall off their horses after they died, and were bound to the saddle by iron chains, and still stood straight on their backs.
Sanniang killed two people, there were already five horsemen wrapped up, Sanniang stabbed out with one hand and a gun, an iron spear in the hand of a fine armor iron harrier, actually let him open this shot, this grid is very powerful, Sanniang fought in the middle of the night, there was a loss of strength, suddenly attacked by this huge force, and almost got rid of the iron gun.
Sanniang's heart was horrified, worthy of being the elite iron harrier of the Xia army, even ordinary cavalry was so powerful, thinking in her heart, but her hand was not slow, and the other hand stumbled and turned out the sharp knife on her waist, and a lightning knife slashed through the man's throat, and the man's eyes stared out, and he didn't believe that there was such a fast knife in the world!
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