Chapter 177: A Difficult Journey

"The prince went to the battlefield and personally led people to stop the Chage army, if you can't destroy this Xia army according to the order, I will cut off your heads one by one!" When he saw that Xi came to Xinqin with the prince's sword, he found that their battle was still tepid, and 30,000 people could not eat the 10,000 people of the Xia army, so he was not very angry, and he drew his sword and pointed at everyone and shouted at the top of his voice——1-

"Xiye, did the prince really go to the front in person?" The prefect of Linzhou asked.

"Yes, the prince can block 50,000 Chage with 1,000 people, but your 30,000 people can't take 10,000 of the Xia army's miscellaneous soldiers, you look at it, this knife was given by the saint before the prince left Beijing, and I haven't seen blood until now, I don't know whose blood Lu Dao will use to sacrifice the knife!" Kanki sneered and swept the knife in his hand, but his eyes swept over everyone's neck, as if he was picking a target.

"Xi Ye rest assured, he will do his best to supervise the battle, annihilate the Xia army, and arrive at Liangu on time!" The prefect of Linzhou felt that the cool breeze was swishing in the back of his head, how dare he not accept it.

"Governor Han, you are very good, I will inform the prince!" Seeing that Xi was about to enter the sheath, he said with a smile, "Let's go, let's go to the front together and take a look, and see which one is not long-eyed!" "Seeing that Xi carried a knife in one hand and pulled the prefect out of the camp with the other, and went to the front of the battle to supervise the battle...

The 10,000 people of the Jianing Military Division were originally tourists, but now they are blocked under the new Qin City, and they are in a heavy siege, most of them are cavalry soldiers who want to break through quickly with the help of swords and horses, but if the infantry forms a formation and has an advantage in numbers, the cavalry will not take advantage, and their charges again and again are shot back by the rain of arrows, and countless warriors have fallen under the spears of the Song army's infantry.

The large array of the Song army began to move slowly in the drums, the roar of the soldiers was shocking, the cavalry was cruising on both wings, and the cavalry continued to come out of the formation, driving away the Xia army who tried to break through from the side, the Xia army could only keep retreating in the face of the Song army that was approaching step by step, the mobility of the cavalry was suppressed, and the depth of defense was squeezed a little bit, like sardines in a canned box that was difficult to move.

'Roar...' The infantry phalanx of the Song army suddenly stopped advancing, and quickly moved closer to the two wings, several groups of cavalry galloped out of the gap, and the cavalry of Hezhou dispatched, they will give the Xia army a fatal blow after the most rear, Qu Ru raised his sword, and rushed into the Xia army that met him first, the war knife swept over, blood splattered, no one was his enemy, tearing a gap in the enemy formation, and the cavalry immediately followed him wedged in, dividing the Xia army into two parts, when they came out of the formation, regrouped, and turned back to fight again, The banner of the Xia army has fallen with a bang...

The number of Xia troops in Liangu City was not large, only more than 2,000 people, and it seemed a little strange to have such a small number of troops in such an important place, but there was nothing wrong with it at that time. There are 20,000 troops left behind in the north of the camp, 10,000 friendly troops attacking Xinqin in the south, and 20,000 troops on the left flank to cover.

Yesterday, after Zhao Lianbu annihilated the Xia army left behind in the camp, he immediately set up camp in Liangu overnight, preparing to capture the city the next day. After the Baotai army left behind in the camp was defeated, there were constantly small groups of fish that escaped into the city, so they felt that disaster was about to befall them, so they asked for help from Xinqin, and the news brought back by the messenger sent to Xinqin for help was even more depressing, they had been surrounded by heavy surrounds, and they were unable to support themselves.

As soon as the sun rose, the Song army made a fuss, and the army surrounded the valley, Zhao Lian received the death order of the prince and learned that the prince personally led the guards to intercept the Chage army, and knew that things had changed and the situation was critical, so he immediately attacked the city without saying a word. …,

The power and role of artillery in capturing Fengzhou and annihilating the Baotai army are obvious to all, Zhao Lian in order to quickly take the city, of course, artillery has become the preferred weapon, he concentrated all the artillery at the south gate, and fired a few salvos, the city gate opened by itself, and the defenders of Liangu surrendered!

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In addition to carrying saddles and armed riders, the horses of the cavalry also had to carry spare clothing, camping equipment, and horse feeding equipment, as well as food and straw in wartime. In the first team and all kinds of cavalry, the total load of horses on the march is between three hundred and four hundred catties, which is much larger than the load capacity of civilian horses. This excessive load on horses is the greatest weakness of the cavalry, so when judging the combat effectiveness and endurance of the cavalry, it is always necessary to pay attention to the weight of the horses.

The light cavalry of the three thousand Xia troops was ordered to return to the defense, and in the dark they trekked all night, which can be described as a lack of people and horses, although people can take a nap on horseback, but the horses are not allowed to rest. Now the car runs a section of the road to add some oil, do maintenance, not to mention the same flesh and blood of the war horse, these two days they feint to attack Xinqin, detour to the valley, march to the turbidity wheel river, but soon to the destination, and turn around, can be described as non-stop running, although in the soldiers under the drive of the horses are still running hard, but some horses still can't stand up, walking and walking down can no longer stand up, the speed of the march has also slowed down, the rest time continues to lengthen.

"Baoduya, the bridge in front of me has collapsed, and the water is rapid, and it is impossible to swim across!" There are still more than ten miles ahead to reach the mouth of the river, and the leading Duya thought that he might encounter the Song army in front, and in order to maintain his combat effectiveness, he had just finished repairing and received a scout report from the road.

"Quickly order people to cut down trees and rebuild bridges!" Du Ya ordered the soldiers to dismount and build a bridge immediately, and the advancing team had to stop.

Where in this canyon are there so many big trees that can be used to build bridges, and there are no axes and saws and other tools at hand, but where can this stop the anxious Xia Jun, they cut down the big trees with the long knives in their hands, rest into logs that can build bridges, and then drag them to the river with horses, fortunately, the bridge deck is gone, the bridge piers are still there, after being washed away by the river more than 20 people, they finally paved the bridge plank, barely able to accommodate four horses in parallel, and the repair is completed. But everyone looked at the temporary bridge paved with 'big' trees with thick arms, and the gaps on it could leak down the hooves of the horses, and no one dared to cross the bridge on horseback, but they all led the horses carefully to move over, and it took 3,000 people half an hour to cross the river, but the matter did not seem to be over.

'Boom' suddenly a sound on the flat road, everyone felt that their eyes were bright, the brothers who walked in front of them were not even seen with people and horses, there was only a big pit left on the ground, it took a long time to come back to their senses, and they were back on the road, the scene just now was staged again, everyone was afraid now, after layers of instructions, it was changed to "the road is not to go, take the small road", the horizontal team was changed to a column to open the distance and step on the thorny road along the road slowly, and the team of 3,000 people walked out of the momentum of tens of thousands of people.

Everyone was careful enough, so they almost let the war horse walk on tiptoe, but as they walked, they made a few sounds, and some people fell off their horses, either on their heads or on their chests, and after a few times, everyone hid in the crowd, and no one refused to be the vanguard, but fortunately, they saw that it was the people who were hiding in the bushes two hundred steps away, and hurriedly sent people to chase them, these people were too timid, and they either climbed the cliff along the rope, or ran on horseback, and they couldn't catch up. After asking for instructions again, two additional teams of men and horses were sent to search along the border, and after ascertaining the situation, the army was following up.

In this way, the accident continues, maybe when, a big rock will roll down from the canyon, and do not obey the traffic rules, do not take the crosswalk, jump directly from the team to cross the past, leaving a few bloody corpses behind, this does not need to be asked, everyone knows how to do it, while marching, while looking up at both sides.......

There is the Flying Fox Gorge in front of me, and I am relieved, there are straight cliffs on both sides here, and the monkeys can't climb up, and the road is narrowed here, both sides are within the range of bows and arrows, if anyone dares to ambush and put cold arrows here, it is a dead end, and it is polite not to shoot him into a hedgehog.

"Duya, we found Song Jun in front and blocked our way!" The scout came running again to report.

"How many are there?" Duya looked at the scout in front of him and wanted to draw a knife and chop him up, these mourning stars must be no good for them to come.

"Baoduya, there are about two hundred people!" The scout saw that the leader's face was not good, and quickly lowered his head to report.

"Ha Luha, two hundred people want to stop our three thousand, they are crazy!" 200 men are not enough for them to charge, and the horse's hooves can trample them to death without drawing their swords.

When Duya went to the front to take a closer look, he saw that the road was blocked, and those people had built a breastwork wall with sandbags, and they were all hiding behind the cats, and in front of the breastwork were placed some large rocks and felled trees to act as a foothill to block horses, just like a child's house.

"Rush, chop all these people!" With a wave of his hand, a group of cavalry immediately rushed out with their horses, roaring and killing the generals, vowing to cut these Song troops under their horses.

"Prepare to fire!" Lin Shuo raised his hand, stared at the cavalry that quickly approached the Xia army and shouted, these people don't take themselves too seriously, we are the prince's guards, just send these two people, just want to break through their own defense line, there are twelve machine guns on their side, and the firepower density exceeds the configuration of a battalion of other troops, I'm afraid that if you can't finish a single drum, there will be no trouble.

The ignorant are fearless, these Xia soldiers have also fought with the real loyal soldiers, and their firearms are only famous but have not been met, this time they finally tasted it, in a burst of blood spilled on the turbidity wheel river, the soul returned to heaven, and everyone who saw it was dumbfounded, and their journey was really exciting!