The officers and soldiers defending the city standing on Lanzhou City looked at the chaos of the Xixia camp in front of them. and the raging sky-high fire, everyone knows that someone has attacked the camp of Western Xia. Let the Western Xia cavalry who rioted them in the middle of the night disappear cleanly in an instant.

The fire brigade, who had been tossed in the middle of the night, looked a little surprised when they saw that the deadly rocket no longer came in. When they heard the defenders on the city wall, they told them that the Western Xia cavalry had fled. When I ran back to the camp to put out the fire, I also felt too relieved.

After tossing them for most of the night, it is now the turn of these Tangut people to feel the trouble of fighting the fire. Compared to the clear water and fine sand they had prepared, it was not ordinarily difficult for these Tangut people to extinguish the fire that had already been boiling!

Although they were exhausted, the firefighters who ran to the city wall still happily looked at the skyrocketing fire in front of them. Looking at the appearance of those Xixia people's chickens flying and dogs jumping, they felt refreshed.

Retribution! The Present World!

While saying these words, the Western Xia cavalry rushed back to the camp to support. Facing the cavalry who rushed out of the camp, dressed in black and wearing a grimace mask, he was also frightened.

But when these cavalry swept like a storm, they also cheered up to intercept it. It's a pity that just their cavalry can't stop these fierce ghost cavalry at all.

In the face of the sharp archery skills of the ghost cavalry, as well as the slashing that almost no one stopped, these Western Xia cavalry were like powerless children. was beaten by the black ghost cavalry army in front of him, and he was almost powerless to fight back.

Constantly people fell and died, and in addition to heavy losses, they were powerless to stop the other party from leaving quickly. I could only watch as this demon cavalry team, which suddenly appeared in the night, disappeared into the vast night sky under their noses.

When they began to count the personnel, they found that the blocking cavalry had lost several hundred men, not to mention. There was not a single body of a black-clothed rider at the scene, such a heavy blow. Let these Western Xia cavalry feel. What is the origin of the black-clothed rider they encountered at night!

When these Western Xia cavalrymen looked depressed and returned to the camp with the corpses of their comrades. Helian Tieshu, who was organizing his troops to assemble in pursuit, was also taken aback by the losses of these returning cavalry.

When he learned that they had paid hundreds of casualties and that there was not even a single person left on the other side, not only Helian Tieshu was shocked. Even Tuobano, who is also organizing firefighting. The face was also filled with deep worry.

According to the surviving patrolmen, the cavalry was very fast, and their archery and riding skills were very high. In the face of their arrow counterattack, the opponent can almost calmly dodge, and also shoot deadly counterattack arrows.

At first, Helian Tieshu didn't believe it, but when he saw the corpses of the cavalry who were brought back to the camp, everyone was killed by one arrow, and the fatal place of the sword and gun was also killed by one blow. There was even a hundred horsemen who was killed directly by stabbing a big hole in the plate armor on his body.

Cavalry that came and went like the wind. Appearing around the Western Xia camp, how could Helian Tieshu and the others not worry? By the time the fire was slowly brought under control, the sky had become transparent, but the Xixia camp was demoralized.

The reason is simple, they were carrying seven days of food and grass, and there was very little left that had been burned last night. The grain and grass rescued in time were the most announced to the public, which could support the supply of the army for two days.

What made Helian Tieshu and Tuoba Ye feel even more headache was. Last night the war horses also suffered heavy losses. Of the horses that had been attacked by the cavalry last night, only 2,000 were recovered.

The rest were held together with nearly three thousand war horses. They were all frightened last night and fled in all directions. Among them, there were also nearly a thousand war horses, which were taken away by the black-clothed horsemen when they left. This means that they have almost three thousand cavalry and will face a situation where they will have no horses to ride.

Compared with the loss of grain, grass and war horses, the loss of personnel last night was not too much. Combined with the casualties of the cavalry who returned to help, there were less than a thousand casualties after counting.

Just compared to riding in black. Last night's battle was unharmed. Helian Tieshu and these Western Xia cavalrymen who came with a loot and a fortune in anticipation. The black-clothed riders who attacked the camp last night were full of deep awe.

While Helian Tieshu was depressed, Tuoba Ye was secretly glad that his tribe's five thousand cavalry had been defeated last night. Didn't camp with each other. so that the losses of his men are not so serious.

As for the current claim to the whole army that it is enough for the army to eat two days' worth of grain and grass, they have kept more of it. Otherwise, the grain and grass rescued by Helian Tieshu are estimated to be enough for even one meal.

Faced with the situation in front of him, all Helian Tieshu could think of was to send cavalry back to Western Xia to transport grain and grass. Tuoba Ye can be heard telling that all the scout posts he arranged last night were killed in the wild.

Helian Tieshu knew that around their army, there was probably an unknown number of cavalry wandering around. Otherwise, the other party would not be able to do it, and kill the elite scouts sent by Tuoba Ye overnight.

This means that the cavalry was sent to Western Xia to transport grain and grass, but I am afraid that there will be no return. If you don't pull out the black-clothed cavalry from last night, it may not work to send a team of 1,000 people back.

Even if there is a cavalry that can break through successfully, then to transport grain and grass, it will need to pass through many cities guarded by the Song army on the way. Without a large number of cavalry escorts, I am afraid that I will also be intercepted by the other party.

Helian Tieshu, who felt the dilemma for the first time, also deliberately discussed it with Tuobaya. In the end, the two decided to retreat from Lanzhou to the vicinity of the Yellow River border city first. With only two days, it was difficult for them to take Lanzhou City.

If the siege is blocked, and they face the danger of cutting off food and grass, then their army will collapse without a fight. This point, as the commander of the army, Helian Tieshu and Tuoba Ye are all very clear.

After reaching a consensus, the Xixia battalion, which had just been stationed under the city of Lanzhou for one night, issued an order to allocate the camp to prepare for retreat. This made many Western Xia cavalry feel even more devastated.

When the Xixia people began to pack up their tents and load their cars and prepare to leave Lanzhou City, Zhang Tingguang slept well last night. Looking at Lu Dazhong, whose eyes were red last night, he said: "It seems that these Xixia people are very self-aware. Knowing that they attacked Lanzhou City this time, there was not much hope.

However, when I came, it was smooth and smooth, and I was afraid that it would not be so easy to return to Western Xia. Based on my understanding of the county prince, he is only afraid that he will not let the return of these Tangut people go smoothly. ”

Hearing this, Lu Dazhong quickly said: "What does General Zhang mean, will the prince of the county block the attack in the middle of the road?" But these Xixia people still have tens of thousands of cavalry, can they stop each other with only those cavalry under the prince of the county? ”

Faced with this confusion, Zhang Tingguang said with a smile: "You know that there are tens of thousands of cavalry under the prince of the county, but the key is that Helian Tieshu Tuoba Ye, and these Western Xia cavalry don't know!"

Don't look at the young man of the county, but many times his strange tactics, you can't compare with me. Since the beginning of this war, Western Xia has lost nearly 10,000 cavalry, and it is not known how these people died.

I'm afraid that until now, these Western Xia people don't know that the prince of the county has an elite cavalry of more than 10,000 in his hands. In this kind of frustrated situation of the Western Xia people, the prince of the county will not make a move, is it possible? ”

Just when the two were laughing and discussing Zhao Xiaoxi's arrangement, Zhao Xiaoxi, who had already returned to the camp with thousands of war horses. Let those injured ghost cavalry soldiers hurry to the doctor Cao Guan for treatment, and the rest of the team members all hurry up to rest.

As for himself, he soon sent scouts to observe the next arrangements of the Tanguts. After receiving the information that the Tanguts were preparing to withdraw their troops, he quickly issued an order for Gao Mingjun to lead the Jinzi battalion and implement harassment tactics to prevent the Tanguts from retreating.

Although it is not clear how much the losses of the Tanguts were yesterday, the other party finally came to Lanzhou City and retreated without any benefits. This means that the night attack he launched last night had a good effect.

If they did not even dare to tempt the siege of the city, it means that they have little food and grass left. So what Zhao Xiaoxi has to do is to make the return journey of this Western Xia army extremely bumpy. If they don't teach them a lesson, how can they learn to behave?

The tactics that Gao Mingjun executed were very simple, that is, to attack and harass the Western Xia army, so that they could not go fast. He couldn't eat those cavalry in one bite, but what about the infantry that followed?

If the Western Xia army sent cavalry to block it, what the Jinzi battalion had to do was to bring the pursuing soldiers into the waiting place of the other cavalry thousands, and the two sides would work together to encircle and annihilate the pursuing Western Xia cavalry.

Using the tactics of blocking along the way, this Western Xia army was slowly consumed in the Song Realm. Let it go back to the road, but also pay a heavy price. Otherwise, how could they understand the truth of not provoking the Song Dynasty casually?

When sending a team of 1,000 cavalry, Zhao Xiaoxi also quickly found the best ambush location on the map. This location, after looking for a possible way back for the Western Xia army, finally made it choose a bear hunt.

This was a plain suitable for cavalry to fight, and it was also the only way for the Western Xia army to return. After choosing this position, Zhao Xiaoxi conveyed the last order to block the attack to the Fengzi battalion commanded by Wang Zishu.

Compared with other cavalry battalions, there was a reserve team to cooperate in the battle, and Wang Zishu was the last group of cavalry thousand people to attack and harass Western Xia. All that was done was to introduce the Tangut people to this bear hunt.

At that time, Zhao Xiaoxi will personally lead the ghost cavalry army and fight the Western Xia army in the final decisive battle here. The Western Xia cavalry who can break through from here will probably understand that even if the Yellow River freezes, they can't come over at will.

After making this arrangement, Zhao Xiaoxi immediately instructed the military guards on both sides of the Yellow River to eliminate all the scout cavalry from Western Xia. Whether it is from the Western Xia side or from the Song Dynasty, it must be resolutely eliminated.

Although Zhao Xiaoxi felt that Western Xia was sending so many cavalry into the country, he did not think that he would send a large army into the country in the future. It is still very necessary to make more preparations.

If a Western Xia reinforcement suddenly appeared at the time of the decisive battle, it would still be very unfavorable for his cavalry. Unexpected victory, unexpected defeat, is also Zhao Xiaoxi's combat principle that he will carefully consider when arranging his troops! (To be continued......)