Chapter 309

It took five days, and in the early morning of September 27, Zhao Yu arrived at the Zhenrong army one day earlier than expected. However, the hardships were beyond the expectations of many people, and when they set out, there were 500 backers, but now there are only about 450 left, and some of them are so sleepy that they fall asleep on horseback and fall off their horses and die. There are also war horses that are too tired, the horses lose their front hooves, and the riders are also very tired, and they do not react, and they fall headfirst to the ground, and they cannot die again.

There are more injuries than deaths.

It's just that Zhao Yu arrived at Kaiping Fort in the territory of the Zhenrong Army, and the local fort owner welcomed Kaiping Fort, but got a bad news that couldn't be worse.

"Patrol Yang is dead!" The lord of Kaiping Fort, a man of about forty, had a circle of steel needles on his chin like iron whiskers, and his eyes were swollen. Obviously, during these days, the lord of Kaiping Fort has not been less restless about the war in the territory of the Zhenrong army.

Zhao Yu originally wanted to rest for two hours, so he immediately set off to Guyuan City, where the Zhenrong Army Yamen was located, but after listening to the words of the Kaiping Fort Lord, Zhao Yu no longer had the heart to sleep. "What the hell is going on? Isn't it good? ”

In Weizhou, Yin Zhu rarely cooperated with Zhao Yu, and the grain, horses, forage, and even the barracks where he slept were cleaned. From him, Zhao Yu got two good news. The first is the inspection of the west road of the Zhenrong Army, Yang Baoji has integrated several military villages in the west of the Zhenrong Army and their headquarters soldiers and horses, a total of 8,000 people to support the Sanchuan Village known to the soldiers of the Western Xia Army.

And the strength of Western Xia does not seem to be as aggressive as the 100,000 army and 200,000 troops that killed the Zhenrong army in the past. In this invasion of the Zhenrong army, the Western Xia claimed to be an army of 30,000.

If you change it, ordinary people will also know that there is moisture in it, but they will be suspicious. However, Zhao Yu, who had already studied a lot of Shaanxi's war and intelligence, discussed with his staff. Obtain the forces that the Western Xia can mobilize against the Great Song Dynasty at present. That's 30,000 people at most! This figure may be due to the battle of Mikawaguchi. Because of Li Yuanhao's prestige, some tribes were attached, and Li Yuanhao could use troops to increase it.

Even if this is the case, Li Yuanhao's troops will not increase too much, after all, there will not be many newly attached tribes, that is, to add two or three thousand available troops to Li Yuanhao.

And last year's Battle of Sanchuankou, Western Xia claimed to have an army of 100,000, but in fact it was only 30,000. And now it is claimed to be 30,000 people, and according to this ratio, it is estimated that the Western Xia army is about 10,000. Not even 10,000 people.

After all, if the number of troops is too small, Li Yuanhao is afraid that he will not be able to scare the Song army, and he will provoke a large number of Song soldiers to want to take other people's heads. No matter how Li Yuanhao can fight, this is also quite a headache.

And the information obtained by Yin Zhu also shows that the number of soldiers and horses of the Western Xia army that invaded the Zhenrong army this time was at most 10,000.

Although Yang Baoji only had 8,000 people patrolling the west road of the Zhenrong Army, there was no problem as long as he was cautious. The Song army may not be able to win the battle, but in a positional battle, the Western Xia army is not sure to take the Song army. Moreover, there are about 1,000 troops in Sanchuan Village, and the combined strength of the two sides may be stronger than the Western Xia army currently led by Li Yuanhao.

The second news is Jingyuan Road, where Han Qi has issued several urgent orders. Let Liu Jizong, Li Wei, Wang Bing and others, the capital of Jingyuan Road, send troops to support. There are a lot of troops in the border gates, and generally there are about 3,000 soldiers and horses under the command of a capital supervisor. There are as few as 2,500 or 600 people, and as many as Wang Qi's, there are 4,000 soldiers and horses!

This calculation, Liu Jizong's three prisons combined, about 10,000 soldiers and horses. Coupled with the 8,000 soldiers and horses of the Zhenrong Army inspecting Yang Baoji's West Road, not to mention the defeat of Li Yuanhao, it was enough for Li Yuanhao's attack to end without a hitch.

Because of this, Zhao Yu rested in Kaiping Fort, which was about twenty-five miles away from Guyuan City, and did not rush to Guyuan City to rest. Now that he has time, Zhao Yu is not willing to weaken his momentum in front of the Zhenrong army, and wants people to enter Guyuan City strongly.

And what happened in the meantime?

From the mouth of the lord of Kaiping Fort, the beginning and end of the situation began.

"On September 24, Li Yuanhao, the chief of the Western Xia thieves, led a large army to arrive at Sanchuan Village, and Yang Inspector also led the soldiers and horses to arrive!" The Kaiping Fort Lord said.

"The location of Sanchuan Village is extremely important, it is located to the west of the Zhenrong Army, only thirty-five miles away! And the terrain is flat, and Sanchuan Village is built between the Longchuan, Yufu and Wuyan rivers! The Kaiping Fort Lord said.

As soon as Zhao Yu heard this, he had a bad premonition.

"Because the terrain is flat, in order to increase the defensive power, Sanchuan Village is not large. On weekdays, it was a little crowded to accommodate thousands of soldiers and horses, so Yang Patrol did not bring troops into the village. Instead, he is ready to fight a battle with his back to Sanchuan Village! As soon as the Kaiping Fort Lord said this, Zhao Yu was already angry.

Patting the armrest hard, Zhao Yu said angrily: "Has this Yang Baoji's head been clamped to the door panel?" I actually thought of such an idea! The terrain of Sanchuan Village is gentle, how are you the opponent of the Western Xia thieves? It's a good idea to fight the Xixia thieves with your back to Sanchuan Village, but it also depends on the size of Sanchuan Village! Defeated, will Sanchuan Village accept the defeated soldiers? Acceptance, the place is not big, and it can't accept many people. And it is likely that the Western Xia thieves will take advantage of the situation and enter the city! If you don't accept it, the army's heart is turbulent, how can these three Sichuan villages be kept? ”

The lord of Kaiping Castle smiled bitterly, although he also had some complaints about Yang Baoji, but who is Yang Baoji? Zhenrong Army West Road Inspection! As his subordinate, the lord of Kaiping Fort had to laugh dryly.

"How's it going?" Although Zhao Yu was angry, he also had some hope, and Yang Baoji, the idiot-like Zhenrong Army West Road Inspector, was not defeated too much. As for victory? Zhao Yu can be sure that if Li Yuanhao is also defeated by Yang Baoji, the inspector of the Zhenrong Army's West Road, in this case, he, Li Yuanhao, can kill himself.

The words of the Kaiping Fort Lord did not surprise Zhao Yu's prediction. "Yang Patrol inspected the formation on the plain, and Li Yuanhao, the chief of the Western Xia thieves, personally led the pro-army Western Xia Iron Harrier to charge into battle, and the cavalry harassed from the two wings. There are more than 2,000 iron harriers in Western Xia, and the men and horses are armored, although they are fifty steps, the strong crossbow is unbreakable! The pressure on the front army increased greatly, and troops had to be drawn from both flanks to support the front army. The two wings of the Western Xia thief cavalry took advantage of the situation to cover the killing, during which the Western Xia thief archer carefully rewarded the person buried an arrow and shot Yang Xun in the throat and beheaded it. There are already some signs of the formation falling apart from the impact of the Western Xia Army! ”

The lord of Kaiping Fort sighed and said with a bitter face: "At that time, Yang Patrol was still shot, can you imagine the army's heart?" The soldiers of the Song army immediately collapsed, and in a panic they fled, and I don't know how many people fell into the river and drowned. Fortunately, the Western Xia thieves were arrogant and arrogant, and they did not hide their flanks when they were pursuing. Guo Lun, the owner of Sanchuan Village, led 200 warriors to risk their lives to attack the flank of the Western Xia thieves, and even heard that some arrows were shot down in front of the horse of Li Yuanhao, the chief of the Western Xia thieves. Only then did the Western Xia army retreat! (To be continued......)