Chapter 188: Fighting or Living

Death - The Art of War says: If you fight quickly, you will survive, and if you don't fight, you will die, and you will die - the army will march to the army, and it will not be defeated because of the township guide, and it will be controlled by the enemy. The left valley and the right are poor, the front is poor and the latter is desperate, there is no water and grass in the wild, and the army is fed; One person is a pass, and ten thousand people are not to be is. Dead, I will show that I will not live. He also said: The land of death is the land of death, and then it falls to the ground, and then the Lord is trapped, and then it can be victorious or defeated.

The 100,000 Xia army was surrounded by 30 miles in the valley of the river, with no food and grass to feed and no reinforcements outside. After Brother Cha learned the details of the outside, his mood was extremely bad, and his plan to fight a decisive battle with the Song army fell through, causing him to be in danger, and if he didn't get it right, the whole army would be wiped out. Fill in yourself as a famous general of Western Xia, a contemporary god of war, how can you accept the fate of defeat? He still wants to make the last fight, play back to the place of death and come back to life, fight a decisive battle with the Song army, and defeat the besieged Song army in one fell swoop and return home.

It is said that 'eat a trench grows a wisdom', Brother Cha was led by Zhao Ta's nose and put in a cage this time, he also calmed down a lot, the one opposite was by no means given for nothing, not only the weapon in his hand was sharp, but also his brain was good, it was impossible to believe that this was just a fledgling teenager who fought on the battlefield for the first time. Now he had to be careful to deal with it.

Brother Cha is now in a place of death, and Zhao Ta was not forced to death by Tong Guan, and he had to take the risk of violating the holy decree and turning his face against the central government. Huang Jingchen's letter woke up the dreamer, at this time the holy decree had not arrived, and if the negotiation mission was on the road, according to the normal marching speed, it would take ten days to arrive at the fastest, and half a month at the slow, leaving him with little time. That is to say, Zhao Ta must gather and annihilate Brother Cha within ten days, defeat the reinforcements, recover Hezhou, and reach the front line of Mingtang River, in order to break the dream of peace between the imperial court and the Western Xia, forcing them to play with themselves...

On the eighth day of the seventh month, the Xia army suddenly mobilized the garrison army to launch a counterattack against the Yeli and Zhou troops harassing behind them, defeated the Hezhou army, forced it to retreat 30 miles, and relieved the worries of the rear; The Kawaguchi Song army used artillery to distribute leaflets to the Xia army camp to persuade them to surrender, and at the same time launched a tentative attack, and the battle lasted until dusk, and both sides withdrew their troops.

On the ninth day of the seventh month, Chage ordered the slaughter of sick and weak war horses, the whole army was fed, the armor was reorganized, and the tents and other heavy materials were burned to prepare for a breakthrough; The Song army suddenly withdrew ten miles and went down again, reorganized the bows and horses, wiped the weapons, and adjusted the deployment.

On the 10th day of the seventh month, the two sides scouted and mounted everywhere to start a battle between scouts, while the main force stood still and was ready to attack.

On July 11, the Song army ended its rest, abandoned the defense and turned to attack, and the whole army lined up in Shili Chuankou, and for the first time launched a face-to-face duel with the Xia army.

When the Northern Song Dynasty army fought battles, it often divided the troops into various parts such as forwards and guards, and the formation composed of each part was called "constant formation". In other words, the Northern Song Dynasty army often divided the troops into various parts according to their tactical purposes, formed a "permanent formation", and then combined them together like building blocks to fight, which is somewhat similar to the current modularization. It includes the following formations: vanguard formation, strategy vanguard formation, large formation, front formation, east and west kidnapping horse formation, landless division of horses, rejection of the rear formation, strategy palace rear formation, etc.

The big array, that is, the middle army array, this is the formation of the array, and today's Zhao Ta is the four-door bottom array, which is also divided into three formations: front, middle and back. With Zelu Road and Helanshi Road forbidden army infantry as the front formation, the infantry army spear and knife hand 5,000 in front, each command is a small formation, ten battalions are arranged on all sides, mixed with side javelins, when the formation is combined to resist the horse, suppress the position; Five thousand archers of the Tibetan tribe shot the crossbow army to hold the position, the good bow and the crossbow were behind, the middle was covered with a double-bow bed crossbow, the five battalions of the loyal army hussar army were among them, and the Zelu Road and Lanshi Road cavalry were the left and right of the rangers, all led by Zhao Lian, the deputy general of the loyal army. …,

The head of the Chinese army, also known as the eye of the array, set up a three-zhang high red background inlaid with a yellow handsome flag in the center, guarded by the guards and the loyal army training camp, and held the large array. In the middle of the formation, golden drums, horns, and command flags were placed, and the car was erected, and the whole army was dispatched, and the generals were controlled. The east and west abduction horse formation is the left and right flanks of the large array, the nomads use soldiers, often gather suddenly with bows and horses, bias the attack of the large array, once the defense is not in time, there is the trouble of rushing, because of the abduction array, specially designed for rescue.

The Great Song Dynasty used the method of arranging the formation, before the Chinese army's big array, don't choose the sharp soldiers, scattered as strange soldiers, called the front formation. Zhao ordered the state soldiers and horses to govern Qu Ru and lead 5,000 soldiers as the vanguard, as for the front. Vanguard array, "Spring and Autumn Biography" has a cloud: "Out of the army, into the Zhen brigade, so distinguish the ranks, Shun Shaochang also." "The speaker of the cloud: out of the less in the front, the first bravery; is also behind, and Ming is humble. It is the time when the teacher is known, and the young and brave people are in front, and the righteousness of the pioneer is also; If you enter, you will be less strong and brave, and the righteousness of the palace will also be behind.

It was ordered that the Linzhou soldiers and horses should lead 5,000 soldiers to be the vanguard army and placed it on the right flank of the large array, responsible for receiving the vanguard battalion. In Xianping, Zhenzong watched the formation map, because he said: "The northern soldiers are on the side, and they often send the elite as the forward." If you can't defend it, you will be in danger of invading. Today, the selection of sharp soldiers, the commander of the general, don't be a team, stop its rush. He retreated in frustration, but the rest did not dare to enter the wind. "The vanguard formation is placed behind the vanguard formation, and the generals are all in charge. If the vanguard resists the enemy, or the troops are not supported, the vanguard will be used as a reinforcement to control its rush.

Refuse to be in the back, and the soldiers in the palace are also. In the battles between the Song army and Liao and Xia, many defeats were due to the robbery of the grain road, which led to the collapse of the army, so it attached great importance to it and set up a special rear to protect the grain road. This time, Zhao Ta fought against the city, but still ordered Zhao Zhi to lead the baggage battalion, the engineer battalion, the craftsman battalion and the medical battalion and two battalions of Tibetan archers to defend the city, and set up a field hospital in the city to treat the wounded of various departments, guard the baggage, and ensure logistics and supply.

In addition, each battalion also placed 'no land to divide the horses', selected light soldiers, each into a team, with an envoy or army leader in charge, divided into the front and rear of the camp, left and right, ready to rush to drive, according to the current terminology is to act as a reserve, specially used to plug the gap. However, it is different from the 'East and West Kidnapping Horses' in that they do not have a fixed location and location of the town, and are only ready to listen to the camera at any time to respond or go to the aid of a certain department, while the 'East and West Kidnapping Horses' have a fixed orientation and serve as cavalry on the left and right flanks of the large array.

Although the Xia army on the opposite side had losses, most of them were intact and fully organized, and the Chage pro-army remained the most intact and had almost no losses; The Jingsai military division has not fought all the way, and there are slight losses in Liangu, but there are still more than 15,000 soldiers; Of the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Jianing Military Division, 10,000 were annihilated under the New Qin City, and 10,000 still entered the Turbidity Wheel River, and there were also 10,000 Divine Brave Army Divisions as the auxiliary army of Chage. The combat strength of each department still exists, but the loss of war horses is serious, after several deployments, 30,000 cavalry have been gathered, and the horseless ones are incorporated into the infantry army, and the strength is equivalent to the Song army in person.

Cha Ge decided to still give full play to the Western Xia cavalry's expertise in assaulting the enemy's formation, and launched repeated attacks on the Song army until the gap was opened, and then launched a charge, broke through one wing, launched an encirclement, defeated the Song army in one fell swoop, captured the Lian Valley, replenished grain and grass, and crossed the Quye River to return to the Western Xia.

The plan has been decided, and Chage will deploy all the armies: the left flank will be led by the Jingsai Army Division and the army of Zhengchuan with 15,000 troops; The right wing of the Jianing Military Division and the Shen Yong Army Division are composed of 15,000 people, and the Shen Yong Army Division is under the command of the Commander of the Divine Brave Army Division; Cha Ge ordered 20,000 pro-troops to be the Chinese army, and reinforce the two wings at any time; The rear army is the rear of the palace with the Divine Brave Army. Discharge the Changshan snake formation, attack its tail, and its first rescue; Hit its head, its tail saves; Hit it, and save it from the beginning to the end.

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The two armies were three miles apart and shot at the position, and the formation was completed. Zhao Ta boarded the lookout car and looked at the battlefield, and at the sound of the horn, a group of cavalry on the right flank of the Xia army rushed out to fight first, harassing their own side according to the tactics they usually used. Zhao Ta knew that this was the usual method used by the Xiongnu, the Uighurs, and later the Mongols and Jurchens, and when they were attacked, they quickly retreated, and when the pursuing enemy army was scattered and tired, they and the friendly troops rushing out from both flanks were swept from all sides, and after a dense burst of bow and arrow fire, they swarmed to gather the pursuing enemy army. …,

That is, having already understood the tactics of the Xia army, Zhao Ta naturally would not take care of him, but just let the crossbow army expel them. The red flag waved, and the crossbow army in front stood up a person, holding a bow and throwing it at the Xia army, and the place where his arrow fell was the standard, once the Xia army crossed this line, the whole army fired thousands of arrows, just like the benchmark gun of modern artillery. The harassment of the Xia cavalry was repulsed several times, but its cavalry still took turns to fight, like maggots on tarsal bones, constantly attacking, they knew that the physical strength of the archers was limited, and they would get tired after continuous shooting, so they could take the opportunity to charge into battle.

"The forward cavalry went out to expel them, but they were not allowed to go deeper, and the army followed slowly!" Zhao Ta didn't want to go on like this, so he gave an order. The flag waved, and the heralds immediately rode out and rushed to the armies to give orders.

Qu Ru received the order, and immediately sent 500 cavalry out to meet the Xia army, as Zhao Tan expected, the Xia army only made a slight contact with the Song army, and did not love the war, turned the horse's head and ran back, but after running a few steps and turning back, the Song army did not follow, and could only turn back again to tease...

Brother Cha also always pays attention to the changes on the battlefield, seeing that the Song army ignores his own teasing, but the whole army pushes forward and engages with it, he has dealt with the Song army for many years, and he is no stranger to this tactic, and he laughs secretly in his heart, it seems that this kid can only play some conspiracy, and there will be no tricks for the two armies to fight. Although the formation of the large army is powerful and unstoppable, there is also a fatal weakness, that is, it must maintain a tight formation to move forward, but in the event of an assault, it is difficult for both infantry and cavalry to quickly counterattack.

The enemy changed and I changed, Cha Ge immediately ordered the cavalry on both wings to move together, lined up in a long line to launch a frontal attack, its formation was six columns, each column was a single column, and the distance between the horizontal teams was very wide, forming a wide front that was far greater than that of the Song army...