Near noon, the Western Xia army marched less than 100 miles. After evacuating from Lanzhou City, he was full of depression after being harassed by the cavalry of the Song army all the way, and finally ordered Helian Tieshu, who was in charge of the Chinese army, to make a meal.

Taking advantage of the temporary halt of the army's advance, Takubano also waited for the return of the two thousand-man teams. When the cavalry sent out behind him told him with a look of horror that all the thousand-man team that went to pursue had been killed, Tuoba Ye was also full of disbelief.

Soon with the rest of the cavalry of the Tuoba clan, Huitong also wanted to go over to see Helian Tieshu, under the leadership of this kind of pursuing cavalry. When you come to this corpse-strewn slope, you can see the Tuoba cavalry who have been killed in battle.

As the reconnaissance cavalry team sent out to search returned, there was no trace of the cavalry of the Song army in the surrounding area for a few miles. From the direction where the horses' hooves left, it seemed that a group of them were running in the direction of Lanzhou City, and a group of people were heading in front of them.

Compared to Tuoba Ye's anger when he looked at the corpses of these soldiers who died in battle, Helian Tieshu, who had also sent a cavalry to pursue him before, quickly understood that the cavalry team of 1,000 people would end up being similar to this Tuoba team of 1,000 people.

Until now, they had not caught up with the slow-moving army, and there was only one possibility, and they could not catch up with it. As soon as the withdrawal was carried out, two thousand-man teams were lost, and the mood of the two commanders was naturally not better.

Helian Tieshu, who was worried about the loss of the temporary camp, immediately ordered the corpse to be collected and brought back. As for finding an opportunity for the murderer to take revenge, Helian Tieshu said bluntly. As long as they rush in the direction of Western Xia, they will inevitably encounter those Song cavalry.

Knowing that Tuoba Ye was unreckless at this time, he could only order his cavalry to collect the corpses of these cavalrymen of the same clan who died in battle and bring them back. When they returned to the camp, they were relieved to see that the camp was safe and sound.

It's just that for the Western Xia officers and soldiers who stayed behind, looking at the corpses of the cavalry that were brought back. Their mood of preparing for dinner was almost dispelled at once. Looking at the Tuoba cavalry. With a fiery expression in their eyes, these surviving cavalrymen felt a little sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox.

Looking at the columns of cavalry corpses on the ground, Helian Tieshu and Tuoba Ye also began to inspect and deduce the strength of this Song cavalry. After checking the results, the expressions of both of them looked a little solemn.

Despite the combined cavalry of the cavalry. Pick up the scene, arrows and weapons that can be used when leaving. This naturally included the crossbow arrows that pierced the bodies of these Western Xia cavalrymen when they were fired at close range.

Seeing the bloody holes in the chests of many soldiers, the two Western Xia generals understood that this was a fatal wound caused by some kind of weapon. A cavalry armed with a large number of crossbows, but they had never come into contact with the cavalry of the Song Dynasty.

'Tuoba, what do you think when you see these wounds?' ’

Tilting his head to his body, he even looked solemn on Tuobaya. Helian Tieshu, who asked, also wanted to hear the analysis of this Tuoba general. One person counts the short, two counts the long, and at such a time, we must work together to defeat the enemy.

'From the two cavalry that appeared earlier, including the black-clad cavalry that appeared last night. I dare to say that around us, there is at least a detachment of Song Dynasty cavalry numbering about 5,000.

Otherwise, with only a thousand-strong team of Song troops, it would be impossible in any case. In such a short period of time, destroy this elite team of 1,000 men under my command. They are now harassing. It's just trying to drain our forces. ’

Hearing Tuobaye's analysis, Helian Tieshu quickly said, "Why do you say that it's only about five thousand? Is it possible that the Song people arranged tens of thousands of cavalry here? ”

In response to Helian Tieshu's rhetorical question, Tuoba Ye snorted coldly and said, "If the Song people have tens of thousands of cavalry? Do you think that when we all enter the territory of Lanzhou, we will not hear any wind at all?

If not what I expected. They must have gathered all the cavalry of the border army on Qin Fenglu and put them here for use. The purpose is to inflict a heavy blow on our army, relying on this sneaky tactic to consume our strength and force us to retreat.

If this cavalry is really more than 10,000. And with such a powerful attack power. Do you think that with the forces we have in our hands now, how sure can we win against them?

Therefore, I think that they do not have many cavalry, and they want to use this tactic of dividing and annihilating them to achieve the goal of delaying our withdrawal and depleting the strength of our army. ”

After stating his analysis, Helian Tieshu thought about it and felt that it made sense. It's just that he vaguely felt that the cavalry of the Song Army that appeared in Lanzhou this time seemed to be different from the cavalry of the border army that he had come into contact with before.

No matter how confused Helian Tieshu was in his heart, with only two days of food and grass, he had to rush back to the border as soon as possible. In addition, the army was surrounded by cavalry of the Song Dynasty, so even if the scout cavalry was sent back to Western Xia, it would be difficult to escape the siege of the other party.

The top priority now is to hurry as soon as possible, and the closer they are to the Western Xia border, the safer they will be. As long as they crossed the Yellow River, these Song troops would never dare to cross the Yellow River and pursue them in Western Xia.

With this kind of self-confidence, Helian Tieshu quickly ordered the whole army to eat quickly, and after replenishing some food. The army began to move forward again, and as for the corpses of the Tuoba tribe, they were also ordered by Tuoba Ye to be brought back.

Compared with the Song soldiers, most of them were buried on the spot or brought back the ashes. Tuoba Ye didn't want these tribal cavalry who died in battle in a foreign land to not even be able to bring their bones back to the tribe.

As a cavalry battle, dying on the battlefield is a matter of time in itself. Only this time, not only did he not rescue the nephew, but he also paid more than a thousand casualties. For the first time, Tuoba Ye also felt that it seemed that it would not be easy to fight against the Song army!

Not long after the army continued to advance, the cavalry, which had gone out to open the way, once again raised the alarm of an enemy attack. Looking at the thousand-man cavalry of the Song army that appeared again, Tuoba Ye in the former army really wanted to lead his cavalry to chase and kill this cavalry to the end.

But once they left, the Western Xia officers and soldiers of the Chinese army and the rear army might be wiped out. With this idea that the overall situation is important, Tuoba Ye ordered his subordinates to ride forward and drive forward, not to pursue the sight of the army.

As Tuoba Ye was killed and did not send cavalry to pursue, he sent cavalry to attack the opponent with arrows. Outside the army, not allowing this Song army of 1,000 people to get close, the army still continued to maintain a certain speed of advancement.

Just when this cavalry of the Song army, which couldn't get rid of like a vicious wolf, kept approaching and harassing and attacking. The Helian Tieshu Division, which was located in the Western Xia Rear Army, also issued an alarm of an enemy cavalry attack.

After this, the attack of the two Song cavalry thousand-man troops still limited the movement of the Western Xia people to a certain extent. But Helian Tieshu knew that the two Song cavalry that appeared were here to fish, and they didn't send anyone to pursue them when they were killed.

He sent his cavalry to constantly shoot at these pursuing Song Dynasty cavalry within a few hundred meters outside the formation. It is to not give the other party a chance to get close to the range of their army.

In this kind of confrontation of harassment and drive, the Western Xia army still continued to move forward. When a cavalry began to appear in the position of the Chinese army, Helian Tieshu could only transfer the cavalry of the rear army again to escort him.

This kind of attack and harassment warfare that is pressed by the other side also constantly consumes the number of cavalry in the team. For the safety of many soldiers in the army, the cavalry who died in the expulsion battle, they did not have time to rein, so they kept moving forward with their heads down.

In the face of the defensive tactics of the Tangut people who did not leave the team, the three thousand-strong cavalry teams of the Song army that attacked and harassed were also a little difficult to say. I can only watch as this Western Xia army continues to advance in the direction of Western Xia.

When the three cavalry teams of 1,000 people who were attacking and harassing felt that there was nowhere to start, they saw the cavalry who came to convey the order. The three Song Dynasty cavalry, which pursued all the way, finally disappeared from the sight of the Western Xia army.

Seeing these Song Dynasty cavalry disappear, the Western Xia cavalry who was in charge of driving them away was undoubtedly relieved. But Helian Tieshu and Tuoba Ye felt a trace of an unusual atmosphere from the withdrawal of this kind of Song cavalry almost at the same time.

It's just that no matter what, they hurried all the way, and they finally arrived at the bear hunting ground less than 100 miles away from the bank of the Yellow River. If they had only quickened their pace, they might be able to cross the Yellow River and return to Western Xia before dark.

The idea was good with expectations, but when the former army of Tuobano found the battle alarm again. Looking at the cavalry of the Song Dynasty who opened the charging camp in the bear hunting field, Tuobaya's face finally became solemn.

Seeing that these Song cavalry, who had been waiting for them for a long time, the number really reached five thousand. Tuoba Ye also knew that whether he could return to Western Xia today depended on this final battle.

Helian Tieshu, who was also informed, soon also led the cavalry of his headquarters to join the Tuoba Ye of the front army. After the two armies converged, nearly 8,000 Western Xia cavalry also lined up in battle formation.

The Western Xia cavalry, who were disturbed by the Song army all the way, looked at these Song cavalry who were in the hedging camp, there were only about 5,000 people, and they soon felt that they finally had a chance to clean up these annoying Song cavalry.

Just when the cavalry of the two armies were facing each other, the Song army's formation in the bear hunting ground suddenly surged out under the slope on the left side, and a cavalry suddenly poured out, which was still fresh in the memory of the Western Xia cavalry. The black-clad cavalry that had attacked the camp last night reappeared in their sight.

When this black-clothed cavalry army, as if it had come to watch the battle, appeared in the other direction of the Song cavalry. A grimace cavalryman walked out of the ranks, blew a bull's horn, and the long whining sound suddenly sounded.

Just when the Western Xia cavalry felt that this would not be the order for the Song people to prepare for an attack, the cavalry team of 5,000 people did not make the slightest movement. On the contrary, behind the camp they had assembled, the sound of horses' hooves sounded again.

Looking at the cavalry of the Song Dynasty that began to gather in front of the infantry phalanx behind them, the number also reached five thousand. The expression on the face of the Western Xia cavalry, who had previously felt that victory was in front of him, immediately condensed.

Now the strength of the battlefield is already at least two or three thousand people beyond them in the Song army. As for the infantry, in this kind of cavalry encounter, it is not useful at all. Even now, they're really in big trouble! (To be continued......)