Chapter 175: A Crisis Emerges

After the battle here, Zhao Ta transferred the command post to Hu Fengzhai between Liangu and Xinqin overnight, still with the guards and the Hezhou Qu Ru Department as the reserve, ready to reinforce Zhao Lian's department and the Xinqin battlefield at any time-1-Everyone was a little dismissive of the prince's caution, and it didn't take much trouble to kill the Baotai army today, and the reserve team became a reception team to clean up the battlefield and watch the prisoners, and they were full of confidence in the annihilation of Chage.

Zhao Ta did not dare to be sloppy in the slightest, relaxed his vigilance, according to his intelligence, the 20,000 people of Brother Cha are really not simple, in terms of equipment and quality in this era, it can be called a leader, and it also adopts a synthetic establishment, and the combined combat of all arms can also be called a leading military thought, that is, it is limited to the times and the economic foundation of the Xia Kingdom cannot form an army on a large scale, otherwise it can really be said to be rampant in the world.

'Iron Harrier' "History of the Song Dynasty? There is a record of the Soldiers: "There are Pingxia cavalry in Western Xia, who are called 'iron harriers', who go for hundreds of miles, thousands of miles and periods, and are the most able to come and go suddenly, if the electric shock is flying." Whenever they encounter an enemy in a galloping place on the plains, they use iron harriers to think that they are rushing soldiers."

This army is Zhao Ta is also the most familiar to all the armies that have fought with the Xia army, it became an army in the Li Yuanhao period, the beginning of the role is the royal family's guard, and later as the front army of the charge, is the trump card of Li Yuanhao's trump card, there are only 3,000 people in the early days, all of them are selected elites of various ethnic groups, the cavalry is well-equipped, riding good horses, heavy armor, stabbing can not enter, with a hook and rope twisted, although the dead horse does not fall. In case of battle, the iron cavalry will break through the formation, and the chaos will be impacted, and the infantry will follow with the might of the iron cavalry. Before the appearance of the Mongol iron cavalry, this cavalry was the most ferocious cavalry in the world, and it was also the nightmare of all party enemies.

The main force of Chakko's light cavalry consisted of a 'garrison', an army of 25,000 men formed to defend the capital of Xingqing Province and nearby strategic points. Among the 170,000 people stationed in Xing and Ling, 25,000 elite trainers were selected, and 70,000 soldiers were used as support, and this army had 70,000 logistics soldiers to help it, which shows that the quality of its equipment is not comparable to that of other armies.

Chago's personal guard was the 'Proton Army', and its troops were composed of 5,000 people selected from the children of the party nobles who could ride and shoot well, totaling 5,000 people, responsible for protecting the emperor's safety, and the emperor himself controlled it. No. 'six classes in the Imperial Garden', divided into three guards, each person is given two stones per month, and the garrison or the palace is on duty.

Another special force is the 'Poxi Army', which is the artillery unit of Western Xia, which is not very numerous, only more than 200 people in the early days. Equipped with the small stone throwing machine before the invention of real artillery, its more advanced is to install the stone throwing machine fixed on the ground in the past on the camel, throwing fist-sized stones, can hit more than 200 steps, the power and the power of the stone throwing machine are perfectly combined, this army provides strong fire support for Li Yuanhao to fight urban fortifications in the future.

The infantry is composed of the Hengshan Qiang people's 'mountain warfare', which is the most elite mountain warfare unit today; the fire support unit is a 'strong crossbow army' that has just been reorganized and rebuilt, and its soldiers are all brave men among the selected Han people, who are taught to use strong crossbows and signs, which is the result of Chage's study of 'using razing to control razing'.

Zhao Ta was shocked when he heard that Brother Cha led 20,000 iron harriers to the west, if the 20,000 horses were covered with iron armor rolling in, even their loyal and brave troops did not dare to wipe their edge, although they were equipped with firearms, but in the face of this airtight 'body armor', the power should also be greatly reduced, and they could only avoid it head-on, and would never dare to adopt the current tactics of dividing the troops into two ways, making a big detour and interspersing, and they had to deal with it carefully and riskily. Later, Zhao Ta ordered the Intelligence Department to reconnoiter with all his might to figure out the composition of Chage's department, and after several confirmations, he figured out that his iron harriers only accounted for one-tenth of it, but only 2,000 people, but Zhao Ta did not dare to fight hard, and he knew that the light cavalry of the road was only slaughtered in the face of the charge of the heavy cavalry, and there was no good fruit to eat in a head-on confrontation. …,

With the successive arrival of information, Zhao Ta finally figured out the composition and exact number of the Chago army, in addition to the two thousand iron harriers, there are 1,000 pro-army composed of proton army, 500 artillery pop army, 5,000 cavalry with 5,000 garrison troops as the main force, 5,000 foot soldiers, and 3,000 strong crossbow army, but the foot soldiers and strong crossbow army and Zhao Ta's dragoons use the same way of riding and dismounting to fight, and their mobility is also very strong, and they can completely keep up with the footsteps of the army. Although this is better than 20,000 iron harriers, Zhao Ta also did not dare to despise it, and after several considerations, he decided on a battle plan of 'killing the enemy's edge, luring the enemy deep, cutting his wings first, and then beheading him'.

Zhao Ta first concentrated the superior forces, with a quick knife to cut the chaos, first annihilated the Baotai military division of 20,000 cavalry, and the Jianing military division of the 10,000 Xia army of the feint attack on the new Qin, also fell into a heavy siege at night, Zhao Ta has increased the number of troops to the new Qin has reached 20,000 people, plus from the Liangu back to the new Qin more than 5,000 defenders and a hussar battalion of the tiger general, from the number of people has occupied an absolute advantage, it is only a matter of time to eat these 10,000 people.

After these two major battles, the total number of Xia troops has been sharply reduced to 60,000, excluding the 10,000 Xia troops covering the right flank, the number of Xia troops in the Hefeng and Feng areas is only 50,000, and the consumption after the company battle is actually less than 50,000, and the strength is basically the same as that of the Song army, and it is not superior in numbers. And because of the shortage of grain and grass, the morale is not high, and the whole army is rarely resting and recuperating from the food everywhere, and it has also become a tired soldier. Although they captured Liangu, the Song army transferred grain and grass in time and burned the surplus grain, and the Xia army gained very little, so they had to make every effort to open the road to Fengzhou to get supplies.

On the other hand, the Song army under the command of Zhao Ta, won three battles, and the morale of each army was high, and the three battles were all based on the loyal and brave army as the main force, with the help of powerful firearms, the losses of each department were very small, and more troops only undertook the task of assisting, and most of them were in the process of resting, which can be described as recuperating. The grain and grass mobilized before the war were piled up in various forts, and they did not worry about eating and drinking, and they were fighting at home again, and the roads were unimpeded, and the situation on the battlefield had been reversed.

Now that the time is ripe, the main force of Brother Cha has been lured into the Turbidity Wheel River, as long as the mouth of the river is blocked and the pockets are tightened, then Brother Cha is the turtle in the urn, and it is impossible to escape with wings, and the dawn of victory is beginning to appear!

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"Report to the prince, pick up the Yeli Express from the governor of Hezhou!" As soon as the sky was dawning, Jiang Fei hurriedly walked into the prince's big tent.

"Oh, Yeli must have annihilated the 10,000 Xia troops who attacked Qu Yezhai and reported the victory to us, but there is no need to be so anxious!" Zhao said with a smile while brushing his teeth.

"Brother Cha is in the present dynasty, and then we can wave our troops to Xiazhou and directly take Xingling!" Even after the battle, the loyal and brave army was immersed in the joy of victory, and everyone was very optimistic about the battle situation, Jiang Fei echoed with a smile.

"Nian Nian!" Zhao Ta pointed to the letter in Jiang Fei's hand and said vaguely with a mouth full of foam.

"Lord Yu, according to the plan, lead the army to lead the Xia army to retreat while fighting, feign defeat and retreat to the Turbidity Wheel River, ready to wait for its camp, when the ambush troops were lured to annihilate the enemy, the Xia army suddenly reorganized the army and retreated, because the situation was unknown, did not dare to send troops without authorization, after exploring overnight, after his troops retreated thirty miles and joined forces with Chage, the whole army retreated overnight, I don't know what it meant..."

"Xia Jun in the turbidity wheel river is going to run, cough..."Zhao Ta was shocked when he heard this, grabbed the letter and looked at it, and swallowed all the mouthwash in his stomach in a hurry, choking him to cough repeatedly.

"Second master, second master..."Everyone saw that Zhao Ta was choked and only rolled their eyes, and stepped forward to rescue together, caressing their chests, knocking on their backs, and making a mess.

"Jiang Fei, you quickly send someone to investigate, where is the Chage army, and how far is it from Liangu?" As soon as Zhao Ta caught his breath, he ordered Jiang Fei to investigate the results.

"Lord Wang, you..." Jiang Fei had never seen Lord Wang so nervous, he exclaimed. …,

"Go quickly, I'll kill you first if you make a mistake!" Zhao Ta stood up suddenly, pointed at Jiang Fei and shouted, Jiang Fei saw that the prince was really anxious, so he hurriedly took out the account and personally led people to check, and even forgot to salute.

"Get the map, get the map!" Zhao Ta wiped the foam on his mouth casually, swept all the things on the desk to the ground, and yelled at Zhao Xin and the others who were still in a daze in the tent, everyone was stunned, the prince was so out of shape, something must have happened, and he hurriedly laid out the map.

"The Hezhou ambush is set up here, and they retreated thirty miles last night, so Brother Cha should be here, even if they retreat immediately after receiving the report... On the way, you have to pass through three bridges, six passes... The heavy cavalry's whole body armor weighs a hundred pounds, and the speed will be affected... It's a light cavalry rushing forward..."Zhao Ta looked at the map, silent for a while, chattering for a while, and squinting from time to time to calculate something, at this moment the tent was quiet and terrifying, and everyone didn't dare to breathe when they looked at the evil prince.

"Pass my commander's order, order Zhao Lian's troops to capture Liangu within two hours, and then quickly go out five miles to arrange a defensive line at the mouth of the Turbidity Wheel River, and be sure to resist the Xia army before the arrival of the army; Ordered the Qu Ru Department of the Hezhou Army to immediately go to Xinqin to cooperate with the defenders to annihilate the soldiers and horses of the Jianing Army, and the battle must be ended before noon, and after the battle, the Linzhou Army left 5,000 troops to defend Xinqin, and the Zhou Army, the two generals of Zelu Road and the first and second battalions of the Lion General must rush to Liangu to arrange the second line of defense at Shen Shi to block the way out of the Xia army; The flying pigeon passed the letter and the state field department, and ordered it to send troops to follow and harass the Xia army, delaying its march. When the order is given, inform the ministries that this is a death order, and those who do not complete the task will be killed! After arranging the order, Zhao Ta gritted his teeth with a hideous face and said, the people in the tent are all his cronies, if this is the case, it is true, whether it is to see Xi, or Zhao Xin does not dare to slack off, immediately ordered to go down, and several heralds rushed to various departments with handsome orders.

"Zhao Zhi, you immediately mobilize the baggage battalions of all departments, go all out to rush ammunition in the direction of Liangu, machine guns and artillery must not be cut off, and order the engineer battalion to immediately erect two pontoon bridges leading to Liangu on the Zhuolun River to ensure that the army crosses the river in time!"

"Zhao Xin, you immediately gather the guards and rush to the Turbidity River with me at full speed, we must block Brother Cha inside, otherwise there will be endless trouble after letting the tiger return to the mountain!" Zhao Ta issued two more orders in succession.

"Second master, then what am I doing?" Seeing that everyone has something to do, he has become an idler, and asked eagerly.

"Are you...," Zhao Ta pondered, "You take my Imperial Treasure Sword to the New Qin Prison Army, and if you slack off, you will talk about it!" ”