Chapter 181 with static braking

Zhao Ta was pacing in the tent, and Brother Cha was successfully blocked, but he originally wanted to use Fengzhou as a bait to annihilate the deployment of the Xia army's vanguard in the Turbidity River, and then use the siege of the Xia army in the new Qin Dynasty as a cover to let Brother Cha divide his troops to help, and then concentrate his forces to kill the enemy again, and then adopt the tactics of peeling the skin layer by layer to divide and annihilate the Xia army, and then concentrate all the forces to gather and annihilate the main force of Cha Ge's expedition to the west, so the main force of the Xia army on the eastern front lost more than half, paving the way for his next move. 1——

Now all the deployments have failed because of the sudden retreat of the Xia army, at this time the Xia army tens of thousands of people gathered in a group in the turbidity wheel river, and the terrain in the canyon is narrow, the army is difficult to deploy, if you want to attack, there is only one way to attack, even if you have sharp weapons, the loyal and brave army is well-trained, but it can not withstand such attrition, the result is to destroy the enemy 1,000 self-loss 800, and then unable to implement the army Xiazhou, directly take Lingzhou, and occupy the campaign goal of Henan.

"Lord Wang, the intelligence from the Xia Prefecture transferred by the Intelligence Department!" Jiang Fei reported in the tent.

"Show me!" Zhao Ta nodded, because the whereabouts of the army are often uncertain, and the carrier pigeons carried by various departments cannot return to the nest, and the Intelligence Department has liaison bases everywhere, so he temporarily requisitioned the carrier pigeons of the Intelligence Department to be used by the Military Intelligence Department, and the carrier pigeons are recovered and transferred by the Intelligence Department, which is both confidential and can improve efficiency.

Zhao Ta took the iron box sent by Jiang Fei, checked the seal, and then took the key to open the box, there were two wax pills inside, he took it and looked at it carefully, it was indeed Zhao Ren's seal before breaking the wax pill and taking out the paper inside to unfold, it was full of Arabic numerals written in small letters.

"Take the book "The Art of War" printed by Dahong Books in Chongning for three years!" Zhao Ta turned back to Jianxi and said. In this era, there was no radio, and the transmission of information needed to change hands layer by layer, and the more times it changed hands, the greater the possibility of leaking secrets, Zhao Ta had to strengthen secrecy measures, the Song Dynasty This method of using the page number and line number of the book as the password has long been used in the army, but he used Arabic numerals that have not yet been introduced into China, and no one can read them, and the secrecy is stronger.

"Lord Wang, where is Zhao Ren?" Jiang Fei took two steps forward, but he didn't dare to get close and peek, as a chief officer in charge of intelligence, he knew the rules of the Dao, and he didn't ask if he didn't know the Dao, but Zhao Ren led the army through the desert and went deep into the hinterland of the enemy country alone, the risks were self-evident, and their safety affected the hearts of all the loyal soldiers, Jiang Fei still couldn't help but ask.

"Zhao Ren encountered a sandstorm on the way, and he was delayed for two days in the earth!" Zhao Ta said, "June 20, that is, yesterday has arrived near Anqingze, less than two days away from Xiazhou, today should be launched to seize Qiliping!" "When Zhao Ta heard the drumming outside, it was past ugly, and now it was June 21.

"Oh, Buddha bless, Zhao Ren has arrived smoothly!" Seeing that he heard what the prince said, he folded his hands and bowed to the west twice.

"What's going on up ahead? Is it a summer army robbery camp! Suddenly, an alarm sounded outside the tent, and Zhao Ta stood up and asked.

"Subordinates go check it out immediately!" Jiang Fei was also taken aback, and immediately ordered someone to go and inspect, and there was a chaotic sound of footsteps and constant passwords outside the tent, and the guards quickly blocked the passage around the tent to prevent someone from taking advantage of the chaos to be unfavorable to the prince.

"Second master, is there anything wrong?" Zhao Xin walked into the tent and asked eagerly.

"It's okay, you've been busy all day, go back to sleep, I'll see them here!" Zhao Ta glanced at the nervous Zhao Xin and said with a smile.

"Now the situation is unknown, how can I go to sleep, besides, didn't the second master sleep either, I'm even more afraid that the second master will sneak to the front again while everyone is not paying attention!" Zhao Xin glanced at the prince, put his hand on the handle of the gun in his waist, and stood beside the prince. …,

"How can it, now that the army has arrived, I still use my knife to kill chickens!" Zhao Ta said with a smile, his appearance made everyone laugh, and the tense air in the tent dissipated a lot. At this time, there was a constant sound of gunfire in front of the battle, and it seemed that the movement was not connected to the fire in one place, and the whole front of the battle was made into a pot of porridge.

"Report, the Xia army dispatched thousands of elite cavalry to raid our army's defense line!" The scouts entered the tent to report, and sure enough, it was the Xia army who robbed the camp at night.

"Report, the Xia army divided its troops to attack all parts of our defense line at the same time, the situation is unknown, each battalion cannot be defended, and they are fighting separately!"

"Report, the attack of the Xia army was blocked by our army a hundred steps away, and it was unable to move forward, and the defense lines everywhere were stable!"

"Report, a Xia army took advantage of the chaos to cross the Quye River and go west, the purpose is unknown, and the scout battalion is following and pursuing!"

"Report, the Xia army withdrew its troops, in order to prevent the Xia army from cheating, each battalion strictly guarded the position and did not send anyone to pursue!" ．．． The scouts kept reporting the situation before the battle to the commander's account, but Zhao Ta only listened to it, and at most nodded to indicate that he knew it, and did not say anything about the measures taken by Zhao Lian.

"Okay, it's going to be dawn, everyone can sleep for a while, let's all go down!" Hearing that Xia Jun was evacuating, Zhao Ta yawned and waved his hand to check the people in the tent.

"Lord Wang, won't Xia Bing go and come back?" Jiang Fei saw that the prince was confident, and reminded him after thinking about it.

"No, the Xia Army's night attack is not to break the camp, but to repair the plank road in the dark!" Zhao Ta didn't care whether they understood it or not, he lowered his head and got into the back tent and lay down in his clothes, and after a while, he fell into a deep sleep.

"Tossing for an hour, not to break the camp, then why are they bothering to do this?" Jiang Fei pondered the half-baked words of the prince, pondered for a while, but still didn't understand the point, and muttered.

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The troops of the Xia Army's Eastern Expedition and the main force of the Song Army in Hedong have all gathered here, and the battle is imminent, but the horn of the battle the next day has not sounded, Cha Ge did not rush to break through again, Zhao Ta did not take the initiative to attack, and the two armies camped and fell into a temporary calm.

On the third day, while Cha Ge was inspecting the defense of the camp, he urged his horse to climb a high slope, squinted his eyes and looked at the camp of the Song army opposite. Around the mouth of the river, backed by the castle of Liangu, the Song army set up layers of defense lines, and set up wooden control towers and lookouts along the Quye River and in front of the formation to observe their movements.

"When were those trenches dug?" Brother Cha suddenly found that there were two more trenches in front of the Song army's village, and the Xia army was hidden in them, and he hurriedly asked the commander of the front battalion.

"Lord Wang, this is what Song Jun dug last night, and he is still digging, I don't know what Lu Dao is going to do!" Seeing the prince's question, the commander hurriedly stepped forward and replied.

"Why did you stop digging such a long trench overnight?" When Chage looked closely, he saw that new soil was constantly being thrown up from the ditch, and it was obvious that the people in the ditch were digging and deepening and widening the ditch.

"Lord Wang, it is not surprising that the last general thought that it was a measure taken by the Song army to prevent our army from attacking the camp, and it was not surprising that the Song army had always been like this, so the last general did not take action." The commander felt that the prince was a little suspicious today, and he thought that it might be a succession, and he became timid.

"Well, you guys immediately send troops to reconnoiter and see how the Song army reacts!" Brother Cha thought that what the guard said was good, but he was still uneasy in his heart, thinking that the person opposite was playing some trick, but he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he decided to take a look.

The commander of the front battalion did not dare to slack off, and rushed out of the gate with 500 cavalry to investigate, but whenever they approached the trench, the Song army shot with bows and crossbows from a long distance, and did not send troops to expel them. The commander of the army returned to the army and reported it truthfully. Brother Cha didn't see why, so he could only let them monitor it strictly and report it immediately if there was any change. …,

Zhao Ta stood on the watchtower built on the platform and was also observing Xia Jun's movements, just now Brother Cha's every move did not escape his eyes, but the hateful thing is that his artillery does not have such a long range, and he does not have a long-range sniper rifle in his previous life, otherwise he would have shot him in the head, watching Brother Cha leave safely, he could only put down the telescope and spit twice hatefully.

"Lord Wang, the trenches have almost been dug, what do you think of next?" Zhao Lian asked, yesterday the prince suddenly called him and asked him to dig a ditch along the defensive line, so the whole army was mobilized, and more than 20,000 people were mobilized to dig two trenches one zhang wide and three feet deep in one day and one night, winding for more than ten miles.

"In order not to dig anything, arrange the crossbow army in the trenches, set up a machine-gun position every thirty paces in the front, support the crossbow army in the operation, and at the same time strengthen the defense of the two wings, and must not repeat what happened that night, mobilize the whole army at night to dig another trench fifty steps forward, leave a passage where four horses can run in parallel, and send artillery to maneuver between the two trenches to cooperate in the battle." Zhao Ta said that that night Zhao Ta learned that the Xia army crossed the Quye River at night, and he understood that the Xia army's night attack was a feint, the purpose was to cover the team that crossed the river, and that team was the messenger sent by Chage.

At this time, a messenger was dispatched, and Zhao Ta's analysis was nothing more than two purposes: one was to ask for help, and the other was to ask for food. It shows that after that battle, Chage has understood that it is very difficult to fight a decisive battle with the Song army with his current strength, and he can only wait for reinforcements and wait for reinforcements to be held before the decisive battle; Lack of food is another lifeline for Brother Cha, he still doesn't know that Zhao Ta has sent troops to attack Xiazhou, if he knows Lu Dao, he will definitely break through desperately.

It is still summer, and it will take a month for the autumn grain harvest to be harvested, and at this time, the various states and counties will definitely not be able to transfer the grain for tens of thousands of troops, so they can only transfer it from the cellars of Xiazhou, but at that time the grain and grass have been obtained by the loyal and brave army. Zhao Ta has already calculated the accounts for Brother Cha, and now the grain in Brother Cha's hand is no more than ten days, or even less, there is no food and can only slaughter war horses for food, a horse can be eaten for thirty people a day, 10,000 people have to eat three hundred horses a day, and 10,000 horses can only eat for a month, but where is the grass in the canyon for tens of thousands of horses to eat, I am afraid it will not take ten days, there is no grass in the canyon, and Xia Jun can only eat stinky meat for food. Therefore, after Zhao Tan got the news from Xiazhou, he was not in a hurry, as long as he strengthened the blockade and braked quietly, he could wait to collect the body for Brother Cha