"From this point of view, the enemy army must have expected that we were going to attack the Song army's granary, so it was arranged in advance."

Zuzande stared gloomily at the Dragon Bone Canyon, gritted his teeth and said, "This time, we can be regarded as suffering a big loss!" ”

"General Zuzande, don't worry, we haven't lost yet!" Master Nagarjuna laughed.

Hearing this, Zuzande asked suspiciously, "Why did Master Nagarjuna say this?" Do you still have a fallout? ”

"Haha......" Master Nagarjuna laughed and said: "Of course, this monk also arranges an ambush, if our cavalry successfully takes the granary, they can intercept the enemy's follow-up supplies, and then fight with the Song army to consume, victory will definitely belong to us!" ”

Zuzande suddenly realized, his face showed joy, and said: "It turns out that Master Nagarjuna has long expected this, no wonder you said that you want to lead the cavalry to rush into the Dragon Bone Canyon, catch the enemy army off guard, and really gain the upper hand!" ”

"The soldiers obeyed the order and continued to attack the enemy's flank!"

In the Dragonbone Canyon, after Zuzande gave a new order, he personally led thousands of troops and continued to attack.

However, because there was an ambush set up by the Song army in the Dragon Bone Canyon, although Zuzande was angry, he did not attack rashly.

"Report!"

Just as Zuzande was slowly pressing with his army, another shout came from the depths of the Dragonbone Canyon.

"What?" Zuzande asked in a cold voice.

"General, the enemy cavalry bypassed the Dragon Bone Canyon and went straight to our army's camp!"

"Hmph, the Song army is as timid as a mouse, but it just chose to retreat after knowing the situation in the Dragon Bone Canyon, it doesn't make any practical sense at all!"

Zuzande sneered and shook his head, but then he was surprised: "What? You say that the enemy army has bypassed the Dragonbone Canyon and is aiming directly at our barracks? ”

"Yes, General!"

Zu Zand's expression was instantly silent, and he muttered, "The Song army actually dares to take the initiative to attack our military camp? ”

"And what about their granaries?" Zuzande asked.

The scout immediately replied: "The enemy's logistics and transportation team has been cut off, there is definitely no grain in the enemy's granary, and now the enemy's granary is empty, it must be retreated, I estimate that the guard of the granary is not very strict, the enemy may choose to go straight to Huanglong, take advantage of our army's lack of food and grass, and directly seize the granary!" ”

"Hiss......"

Zu Zander gasped and sighed secretly: "This Zhao Defang is worthy of being a famous general of the Song Army, and he can actually come up with today's strategy!" ”

This is a typical sound of attacking the west, first feigning to retreat, luring the enemy cavalry in pursuit, and then turning the spear to counterattack the grain and grass.

Thinking of this, Zuzande immediately instructed the adjutant general beside him: "You immediately take the army to station around the grain and grass, and be sure to ensure that the grain and grass are not lost." ”

"Yes!"

Soon, Zuzande's army reached the southernmost point of Dragonbone Canyon.

The other side.

Zhao Defang led the cavalry of the Song Army around the Dragon Bone Canyon and rushed straight towards Jin Wuwei's grain hoarding point!

The southern part of the Dragonbone Canyon is not very flat, and it is even a little rugged, so it is easy for the grain and grass transport team to march from the north, but it is more difficult to start from the south.

"Marshal, the enemy's grain transportation team is only eight hundred meters away from us, and at this speed, it will be able to reach our side within half an hour!" Zhao Yuanjun reported.

Zhao Defang bowed slightly: "Don't worry, these Jin Wuwei must have guessed that we were going to raid their granary, so they must be fully prepared." ”

"Not only now, but their cavalry is probably cruising around."

"Although the cavalry of our army is elite, in the face of the harassment of the cavalry, it is unrealistic to quickly take the grain and grass."

"So we just need to delay the arrival of the enemy's reinforcements as much as possible, and when the reinforcements arrive, the enemy's grain and grass will almost be burned, as long as we can annihilate the enemy's grain and grass transport in a short time, then this battle will be won!"

Zhao Yuanjun nodded and said, "The last general understands, it's just that the enemy's grain and grass transportation team has a lot of people, and all of them are cavalry, how can we solve it in a short time?" ”

"Hehe, you don't care about this." Zhao Defang said lightly.

"Yes!"

Zhao Yuanjun didn't ask any more.

At the same time as him, Zu Zand, the general of Jin Wuwei, also received a report from the spies.

"The Song army actually divided into three roads, bypassed the Dragon Bone Canyon, and attacked our army's camp, does this Zhao Defang really think that our cavalry is not the opponent of his Song army's cavalry?" Zuzande muttered as he stared at the map with a stunned face.

Master Nagarjuna smiled and said, "General Zuzande doesn't need to worry, since the Song army is divided into three routes, it will definitely cause their forces to weaken!" ”

"There are more than 4,000 cavalry in our army, and coupled with the narrow terrain of the Dragon Bone Canyon, it is not easy for the cavalry of the Song army to encircle our army!"

"What's more, it is impossible for the cavalry of the Song army to have saddles and horses like us, and they can only run on their legs, and their speed must be affected!"

"Our cavalry will be able to reach the camp in only two quarters of an hour!"

Zuzande's eyes lit up suddenly, and he said excitedly: "If you can defeat this Song cavalry within two quarters of an hour, then this battle will definitely be won!" ”

Master Nagarjuna said confidently: "General Zuzande, don't worry, within two quarters of an hour, the cavalry of the Song army will be defeated!" ”

"Good!" Zuzan Degao shouted: "Generals, charge with a certain charge!" ”

After speaking, Zuzande turned on his horse, waved the mace in his hand, and rushed towards the Song cavalry with all the soldiers.

"Kill!"

The Jinwu cavalry followed behind Zuzande, shouting and charging.

Thundered!

The Tibetan cavalry swept past like a huge wave, shattering the cavalry formation of the Song army like a bamboo.

As soon as the Song cavalry wanted to meet the battle, Zuzande had already rushed to the Song cavalry with a large army.

The mace slammed into Song Jun's armor, making a violent collision sound.

"Shield soldier against shield, defense!"

The Song infantry formed a shield wall and used shields to cover their mounts under their crotches.

The Jinwu cavalry swung their spears and made a clanging sound on the shields, but they still couldn't stop the shield wall formed by the Song infantry from moving.

Seeing this, Zuzande immediately shouted: "Catapult, aim at the infantry of the Song army, throw rolling stones and flying stones, and smash the enemy's shield array for Ben General!" ”

Zhao Defang watched this scene from the rear, and still ordered unhurriedly: "The cavalry outflanks left and right to avoid the enemy's trebuchet from hurting your own foot soldiers!" ”

The cavalry began to change their tactics, originally facing the enemy head-on, but suddenly changed direction and outflanked left and right, so that the enemy's trebuchets could not hurt their own infantry.

When Zhao Yuanjun saw this scene, he was immediately overjoyed: "Marshal, the range of the enemy's trebuchets is far inferior to ours, and our archers immediately assembled, waiting for the opportunity to shoot the enemy!" ”

"Good!"

Soon, the five thousand elite infantry led by Zhao Defang began to line up, and then raised their crossbows one after another.

In an instant, an overwhelming array of crossbow bolts were fired, pouring down on the Jinwuwei army like locusts crossing the border, causing heavy losses to the enemy in an instant.

Not only that, but because the enemy archers were pinned down, the cavalry began to charge with impunity, pressing the enemy infantry into the interior of the line.

"Damn it!"

When Zuzande saw this, he immediately said angrily; "Immediately send an order to the archers and continue to shoot at the enemy!"

The other officers of the Kin Uwei immediately conveyed Zuzande's order.

But as soon as their order was handed down, tens of thousands of arrows were fired.

In an instant, hundreds of Jinwuwei soldiers died under the crossbow arrows, which frightened the rest of the Jinwuwei soldiers into not daring to raise their heads and move.

"Rubbish!"

Zu Zander cursed a few words, gritted his teeth and looked at Zhao Defang's army, with a monstrous hatred in his heart, but he did nothing.

Because he knew that in terms of cavalry quality and equipment alone, there was too much difference between Jin Wuwei and the Great Song Dynasty, even if the Song army did not have the help of archers, they might not be able to bargain for anything.

What's more, he also has the steep terrain of Dragonbone Canyon to help.

Zhao Defang, on his side, is advancing steadily.

Of course, it is not that the Song army is so simple to crush the enemy, after all, their numbers are here, and if they attack rashly, they will definitely cause large-scale casualties.

Therefore, the Song army was just a small force of cavalry constantly interspersed with detours, using the flexible character of the cavalry to constantly interfere with the enemy.

"Marshal, it seems that the enemy army does not plan to attack the city head-on, but only wants to use the cavalry to keep interspersing and slow down the marching speed of our army!" Zhao Yuanjun frowned and reminded.

"Yes." Zhao Defang responded calmly.

The cavalry interspersed with detours was indeed easy to disrupt the enemy's formation and cause the enemy army to fall into confusion.

But in this case, the other party has nothing to do with himself, at most let his troops pay a slight price.

As for the main infantry......

Zhao Defang did not expect the main infantry to participate in the cavalry interspersed at all.

In addition to interspersing, the task of cavalry is more to cooperate with the main infantry.

Otherwise, when the main infantry meets the cavalry, won't it be passively beaten?

"Marshal, although our army has the advantage now, if we want to completely annihilate the enemy army, it is estimated that it will take half an hour!" Zhao Yuanjun said: "Look, if you let the infantry retreat first, leave the battlefield to the cavalry!" ”

Zhao Defang shook his head and said, "Not yet." ”

"Why?" Zhao Yuanjun asked puzzled.

"Have you forgotten what I said earlier? Our goal this time is to consume the enemy, drag the enemy down, and not be impatient. Zhao Defang said lightly: "If we withdraw from the battlefield now, the enemy army will definitely pursue our army, and when the time comes, our cavalry may be able to get out of their shells, but what about our infantry?" I'm afraid I won't even have a chance to escape! ”

When Zhao Yuanjun heard this, he immediately understood.

Indeed, if they withdraw now, the enemy will surely chase and fight fiercely.

This will allow the enemy to pursue them with all their might, and when the enemy army is tired, they will be able to easily win the battle.

"Humble duty understands!" Zhao Yuanjun nodded.

……

Time passed, and the battle became more and more intense.

The cavalry on both sides suffered casualties on each other.

However, most of them were Jinwuwei cavalry, and the Song cavalry was only occasionally wounded.

Even, Zhao Defang sent infantry to cover the cavalry, so that the cavalry perfectly escaped the pursuit of the Jinwuwei cavalry.

"What to do? The cavalry of the Song army slipped away like this, we don't have the slightest way to deal with them! ”

"Damn, how can we be so stupid, how can we make such a low-level mistake!"

"It's not our fault, who called them Song Jun!"

When the Jin Wuwei soldiers saw these scenes, they were all discouraged.

Because they knew that now that the cavalry had the upper hand, it would be very simple to annihilate them.

But the cavalry is so slippery, you can't catch them.

"Don't be frustrated, our task is to stall for time!"

"As long as you hold out for two days, reinforcements will arrive, and then you will be able to reverse the defeat!" Zuzande shouted comfortingly.

"Yes, as long as the reinforcements arrive in two days, the Song army will definitely be wiped out!"

The soldiers of the Golden Wuwei cheered up their spirits and threw themselves into the war again.

Seeing this, Zhao Defang said with a smile: "It seems that Zuzande has panicked, and he is actually trying to wait for the reinforcements to arrive by delaying time, and their entire Jinwuwei has fallen, where are the reinforcements." ”

Immediately, Zhao Defang instructed the herald next to him: "Order, each legion commander will lead the cavalry to wander around to attract the attention of Jin Wuwei, and at the same time, let the archers increase their range!" ”

Zhao Defang knew very well that since the enemy dared to ambush in the Dragon Bone Canyon, he would definitely be well prepared for defense, and naturally the archers would need to constantly shoot the enemy.

As long as the archers can ensure that they can continue to shoot the enemy, they can finally win.

Zhao Defang constantly sent cavalry to attack the enemy camp, and deliberately made a huge movement, so that Jin Wuwei had to send cavalry to block the cavalry.

If Zhao Defang directly attacked the enemy camp, it would definitely be difficult to work.

But as long as Zhao Defang can constantly harass the enemy, then the enemy army will do whatever it takes to drive out the cavalry.

After all, in this case, the enemy cavalry is particularly precious.

As long as the number of enemy cavalry can be continuously reduced, there will inevitably be holes in the enemy's defense.

When the time comes, Zhao Defang will be able to take advantage of the situation to win the Dragon Bone Canyon!

"Report!"

Just when Zhao Defang continued to send cavalry to harass the enemy, he suddenly heard the scout report, and said with great joy: "Order, order the infantry to form a formation to approach the enemy, and the infantry will cooperate with the cavalry to quickly break through the enemy camp, and then take advantage of the fact that the enemy has not recovered from the shock, quickly seize the enemy's camp." ”

"Whoa!" When the scout heard this, he immediately went down to deliver the order.

"Marshal, the enemy army seems to be aware of our intentions, and is starting to become a little crazy, unwilling to give up the Dragon Bone Canyon, and wants to rely on the camp to hold on!" Zhao Yuanjun said in a deep voice.

Zhao Defang's face was cloudy, and after a while, he sighed: "It seems that our previous guess was correct, the enemy's grain reserves are really a lot, so the Jinwuwei soldiers dare to arrange so much grain and grass here." ”

"Now we can only take risks and temptations, and we only hope that the other party does not do a good job of replenishing grain and grass, otherwise we will be in big trouble."

"Hmm!"

Zhao Yuanjun nodded.

Their current situation is indeed extremely dangerous.

If the Jinwuwei soldiers had had eaten well earlier, or if the granaries were well stocked, they would have been able to break through the enemy camp and completely besiege the enemy army.

However, the food reserves of the Jin Wuwei soldiers were very abundant, so that the cavalry of the Song army could not break through the Dragon Bone Canyon.

Now, they can only win by desperately breaking through.

Zhao Defang took a few deep breaths, calmed the tension in his heart, and ordered: "Order, the cavalry suppresses the enemy army, the infantry rushes forward, and takes the keel canyon!" ”

Zhao Defang and Zhao Yuanjun both believed that as long as the infantry led by them could take the Dragon Bone Canyon in time, then the next thing would be very simple, that is, to keep killing the enemy cavalry, and then slowly eat away at the enemy army! (End of chapter)