Chapter 123: Hidden Standby

Yulin is located in the northernmost part of Shaanxi Province, at the junction of the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi and the southern edge of the Mu Us Sandy Land, and is also the transition area between the Loess Plateau and the Inner Mongolia Plateau. During the Warring States Period, the northern border was mostly planted with elm as a fence. After Qin unified China, chased the Xiongnu in the north, and recovered the Hetao area, many elm trees were planted here, and the name of Yulinsai came from this, becoming a garrison in the north of Qin. The Great Wall was built in the center of the Sui Dynasty, and it became the fortress of the Great Wall of the Sui Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, Yulin City belonged to the Yongxing Military Road, Suizhou and Youzhou were occupied by the Western Xia, and there were no counties.

In the northeast of Yulinsai, the mountains are undulating, mostly low hills, there is a cypress forest growing, due to years of logging, the woods have become sparse, the surrounding grass and trees are luxuriant, it is a good place for grazing, the horses are leisurely grazing, and the Xixia cavalry gallops back and forth in the distance, stirring up bursts of dust and smoke.

At the edge of the woods, a lively little red horse ran around the mare, and suddenly it found that the grass had cracked, and among them was a pair of sparkling eyes looking at it, and the instinct of survival in the wild made it know that it was better to stay away, and ran away vigilantly, and hid behind the mare, and the grass shook a few times, and then returned to its original state, as if nothing had happened.

Seeing the sunset, the wranglers began to shout for the horses to return to the stockade, the grassland that had been noisy for a day returned to calm, and the people in the woods finally breathed a sigh of relief as the night gradually fell. Before the operation, Zhao Ta ordered the accompanying township soldiers to send the 'battle results' home, leaving only the four battalions of the Xiangyi Army and the two commanders of the township soldiers, all of which were cavalry, and then waved their troops north, and suddenly appeared around Yulin Sai, first occupied the various crossings of the Yulin River, and then destroyed the pontoon bridges on the river, giving the enemy the illusion of seizing the Mingtang River Hole, controlling the ferry, and blocking the reinforcements of the Shizhou Supervision Army Division from crossing the river.

When Ling Xuan led the army to aid Yulinsai overnight, the Xiangyi army, which had put on a decisive battle posture, suddenly disappeared again, and was replaced by a rogue fight, that is, to concentrate a small number of troops, hit the tail and flank of the Xia army's troops, and did not love to fight, and ran away after the battle. If the pursuers are in hot pursuit, they will wait for them to get away from each other before suddenly turning around and counterattacking, or they will be brought into an ambush circle to give them a severe blow. This was originally Xia Jun's housekeeping ability, but now he let the Xiangyi Army toss them in turn.

The 20,000 reinforcements of the Shizhou Supervision Army Division finally marched into Yulin County, they divided their troops to attack, the Shenyong Army Division cut off its return route from north to south, and the reinforcements prevented them from escaping from the south to the north. The Xiangyi army was divided into battalions as units, all scattered, attacking in all directions, one would appear in the north, and the other would appear in the east, flickering left and right, flickering forward and backward, flickering back and forth, and the Western Xia army was stunned.

Where is the main force of the Song army, how many people are there, and which group of people should we concentrate on chasing? It's a bit confusing for these Tangut people... The two armies gradually closed the encirclement, but suddenly found that the fish in the net were missing. On the battlefield, the most terrible and desperate situation is to be encircled. There are countless enemies around, and our side is small in number, lacking in ammunition, physical exhaustion, and basically cut off supplies, especially the Tangut people who have been provoked to be ferocious, the consequences can be imagined, and there are often only two results: being completely annihilated or becoming a beneficiary.

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"Is the prince still sleeping?" In the depths of the woods, Wang Heng glanced at a clearing in the forest, there was a hammock hanging between the two big trees, and the prince was wrapped in a blanket and curled up on it and fell asleep motionless, he whispered to Wangfu who was guarding the side.

"Sleeping, the prince has been boiled up for the past few days, and he hasn't closed his eyes for three days, is there something wrong with Wang Dutou?" Wangfu said softly. …,

"Oh, no, I just want to see if the prince is awake?" Wang Heng glanced at it again before leaving in a daze.

"What are you crazy about, first a few commanders, and then a few heads are mysteriously looking for the prince, and they don't say anything, what the hell are they doing?" Wangfu muttered in wonder, from the afternoon to now, these people have been running here one after another to see the prince, and it is endless, and these words have been repeated more than a dozen times!

"Eat, eat..."Zhao Ta, who was lying in the hammock, smiled, although these boys were very brave on the battlefield, they were still a little weak in the harsh environment surrounded by enemies, and they actually wanted to see their own performance.

"Second master, you're awake!" Hearing the prince's snickering, Wangfu hurriedly came over and asked.

"Well, it's dark, this sleep is so comfortable, what's the matter!" Zhao Ta stretched his waist and said.

"Second master, several commanders and commanders have come, and when they saw that you were asleep, they left, and they refused to say anything if they asked them." Wangfu held on to the hammock and waited for the prince to get out of bed.

"Go and call them over, and prepare some dry food, and we'll talk while we eat!" Zhao Ta straightened his clothes and said, Wangfu took the hammock and immediately ordered to find someone.

Zhao Ta moved his stiff body, he looked up at the sky, as soon as the sun turned west, the woods immediately darkened, except for the 'chirping' sound of the homing birds and the 'rustling' sound of the wind blowing through the branches and leaves of the woods, the forest was silent, if you didn't go deeper, you couldn't find that there were more than 3,000 soldiers and horses hidden in it.

It is said that 'do not enter the forest', especially the cavalry, the woods not only restrict the movement of horses, but it is also a very dangerous thing to ride a horse in the forest, but Zhao Ta just did the opposite, so he chose the hiding place in the woods surrounded by the enemy. In addition to this common sense factor, the woods are not close to the mountains or the river, and are accessible on all sides to facilitate retreat, and they are condescending to facilitate defense.

In order to confuse the enemy and be more safe, when the troops marched, they first walked a section of the main road to the south, grabbed a few settlements, made a posture of returning from the Zhenwu village of the Suide army, and then suddenly got into a valley and turned back, and after going north along the small road, they crossed two seasonal rivers all the way east, and only entered the woods after nightfall.

After choosing the camp, as soon as the troops entered the woods last night, Zhao Ta immediately ordered people to cut off the communication between the camp and the outside world, and swept all the traces, and in front of the woods was a pasture, and the appearance of horseshoe prints would not cause others to think. At the same time, it is strictly forbidden for anyone to come and go as they please, no fires to cook in the camp, no lights, and more importantly, to be careful not to make guns and fires, not to make loud noises, and to restrain the horses, not to make noises, in short, the quieter the better. At present, guard posts have been set up two miles away from the woods, and reconnaissance detachments have been arranged, so that no matter which direction there is any disturbance, they can immediately sense it in time and take swift measures.

After a short time, more than a dozen cadres of the Xiangyi Army arrived, and a blanket had been spread on the ground, with a box of dry food on it and a few water bladders at random. Zhao Ta beckoned everyone to sit down, no one was polite, each took out a piece of dry food from the box, tore the oil paper, and twisted his head to listen to the prince while eating.

According to the usual practice, after each battle, the prince will repeatedly discuss with everyone the combat skills during the battle: how to fight this battle better, how to arrange firepower, how to attack in such a terrain, how to defend... And so on, these details have to be discussed repeatedly to find out the experience. Everyone listened to the prince explain the problems that arose in the battle, and they all listened very seriously, from time to time someone interjected to express their opinions, Zhao Ta would also listen carefully, and the dinner would be warm, but it was warm.

The prince is the youngest in this group, but everyone is not just a simple respect, but a kind of blind obedience with piety. Even in a heavy siege, just seeing that you are still sleeping peacefully can make everyone feel at ease. Because the prince is a god-like existence in their hearts, it is this young man who leads them to create miracles, and the prince is their backbone, without this person, this team is like no 'soul', just like a plate of loose sand, without any vitality! …,

"Set off lightly tonight, all the useless things are left in place, we must rush to Mida Cave in the early morning, and the two battalions of Flying Tiger and Jaguar will be led by me to feint and attack the Supervisory Military Division, attract its garrison troops, and make the momentum bigger, so that it will not dare to come to the rescue; The second battalion of Tenglong and Xunshi must quickly capture the iron smelting business, move fiercely, be fast, and strive to solve the battle within an hour, and I will strengthen the machine gun team to you; After the commander of Dongqiu broke through the iron smelting business, your department immediately searched for the craftsmen of the iron smelting business, remembered to hurt them, and brought them back to the territory; Zheming commanded your department to be responsible for collecting all the carts, mules and horses to remove all the things that could be moved, especially tools and weapons and armor, and Zhao Ren was in charge of commanding this battle! Zhao Ta arranged the next combat mission, picked up the kettle and took a sip of water, "The whole battle must end within two hours, it must be clean and neat, after completing their respective tasks, the whole army will meet and retreat east at full speed, and tonight must pass through Jialu Village." ”

"Lord Wang, isn't the time a little tight for two hours, besides, there are hundreds of miles from Mida Cave to Jialu Village, there are more than 800 craftsmen in iron smelting, and there are Xia soldiers on the road to intercept it, is the time a little tight?" Zhao Zhong asked.

"Now the main force of the Xia army is still pursuing us to the south, as long as we fight quickly and retreat quickly, it is so easy to pursue them at full speed even if they receive the news, ignore the small Xia army on the road, and resolutely destroy those who dare to intercept it. As for tomorrow's battle, if it can't be finished within two hours, then bombard the iron smelting and destroy it, and it would be better for us to withdraw to the territory tomorrow night! Zhao said.

"What is this for? Our grain, grass and ammunition can last for two days, and besides, we still have 10,000 stone of grain and more than a dozen carts of property that we have just collected, and there is no way to transport them, so it would be a pity to stay here! "Gao Pet is unwilling to be authentic.

"There will be heavy rain tomorrow night, when the river will swell, and the valley road will be flooded, we may not be able to leave if we want to, so tomorrow is our last chance!" Zhao Ta said with a smile.

"Lord Wang, how do you know that there will be heavy rain tomorrow?" Gao asked in surprise.

"The stars in the sky are jumping, the heavy rain is coming, you see if the stars in the sky are like this, for the generals can not only know the way to arrange troops, but also be proficient in astronomy and geography!" Zhao Ta snatched the water bladder from his hand and drank two large mouthfuls.

"Lord Wang, that person has arrived!" At this moment, the second baby hurriedly walked to the prince's side and whispered in her ear.

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