Chapter 892: The Fall of the Harrier Army
The Western Xia also had firearms, but the Western Xia army did not expect that the firearms of the Great Song Dynasty were so powerful, even if the Western Xia army in front was not hit by the iron sand, the scorching heat in an instant also frightened the war horses, so that the advancing war horses suddenly changed direction, ignoring the command of the knights on the horses;
The Shenjian bow of the Dingbei army and the archers on both wings took the opportunity to start shooting, which instantly increased the casualties of the Harrier Army and made the situation even more chaotic, Wei Dingguo's men had already pushed all the carts out, desperately trying to stop in front of the Western Xia cavalry. The Harrier Army is worthy of being a strong force in Western Xia, and it is still gradually breaking free in such a passive situation, as long as it can still run, even if it is a team, it will continue to charge regardless of the casualties of Paoze.
Yang Zhi and others couldn't help but appreciate, the idea of the Harrier Army is very simple, such a chain of armored horses, especially in the case of heavy casualties, there is no possibility of turning around, even if it is dead, it can also buy time and space for the Western Xia Army behind to adjust the formation, no wonder the Harrier Army is also called the Dare to Die Army.
Wei Dingguo's men had already pushed all the carts out to a distance of 300 paces, and immediately lit the firewood on the carts, and thick smoke and phosphorus flames rose into the sky. There are also strong Harrier Army warriors, who want the two to use their spears to push out the cart, but they didn't expect the cart to be cast in iron, although the human strength is there, but the war horse fell down without running two steps in the smoke.
By the time the Harrier Army crossed the smoke there were less than a thousand people, and three or four thousand Western Xia cavalry behind them were covering the two wings, the Divine Arm Bow was fired again, and the iron arrow could still shoot through one person in front of the light cavalry, and four or five hundred Western Xia troops fell under the arrow; However, the Dingbei Army still released a second round of thunderbolts, and more than 1,000 horsemen were killed and wounded in the last open field.
The remaining twenty or so teams of the Harrier Army soon fell on the road, all of them were heavy cavalry, as long as two or three horses were cut off legs, a team of ten cavalry could no longer carry the weight, lost the possibility of charging, and even fell to the ground. However, the fiery red armor was unique among the green armor, and Wang Gang knew that this was the main general of the other party, so he ignored the surrounding Xixia light cavalry and led more than 50 infantry soldiers to kill him.
Yang Zhi gave an order: "The whole army will attack." ”
The war drums sounded in the whistling wind, the Daxu of the Dingbei Army danced wildly in the wind, and all kinds of battle flags were lined up, exuding a murderous aura that soared to the sky; the Harrier Army was consumed, Wang Shougu and the others let go of the fear in their hearts, and the men commanded their men to attack desperately to the front as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. The neighing and roaring of the war horses shook the sky, making the Western Xia Army clearly feel the iron will of the Dingbei Army.
Wu'er Siqi's eyes were red when he saw it, and the distance of five hundred steps became the death zone of the Western Xia army, in addition to the three thousand harrier army planted here, Xiao Julu's 10,000 cavalry also suffered more than half of the casualties, the most important thing is that the defeat of the harrier army has caused the confidence of the Western Xia army to suffer a heavy blow. But Mi Nanzang is a relative of the emperor, if he dies here, Wu'er Siqi knows that it will be difficult to explain when he goes back, so he can only order the whole army to rush forward.
Yue Fei had already aimed at Xiao Julu, let Chen Guang command the army, and he led five hundred horsemen all the way to Xiao Julu, the two fought less than twenty moves, Yue Fei stabbed Xiao Julu to death with one shot, and immediately asked people to hang up Xiao Julu's head; The Western Xia army was in turmoil, and Xiao Julu's subordinates who fled the battlefield quickly led the whole army to disperse, even Wu'er Siqi couldn't stop drinking, so he could only order the withdrawal of the army.
Fortunately, the Kuye River had formed a thick ice, the Western Xia army was able to escape, and the Dingbei army pursued and killed 50 miles before collecting the troops, and this battle killed 11,000 people of the Western Xia army, captured more than 3,000 people, and 4,000 horses;
Wu'er Siqi counted his men, plus the 3,000 people who originally guarded the village, and 18,000 men and horses, not without the ability to fight; plus there were still 3,000 or 4,000 wounded in the army, Wu'er Siqi decided to wait and then arrange for a fast horse to send a message to Cao Price and Suizhou. Seeing a rare opportunity, Yang Zhi found that the camp of the Western Xia army was just some wooden stakes, and in the middle of the night he used thunderbolts to blow up the left camp of the Western Xia army, and the cavalry swarmed in; Wu'er Siqi fled overnight, 6,000 people in the left battalion were slaughtered, and more than 2,000 wounded Western Xia soldiers in the middle battalion of the right battalion surrendered.
Yang Zhen did not expect that the strong Western Xia army was so incompetent in front of the Dingbei army, and the army of 30,000 was lost in half a day, and had to withdraw. As soon as Jianning Village moved, Yang Zhen found that the Dingbei Army had really done a lot of work, and he moved, and six walled forts, including Zhenchuan Fort and Huining Fort, changed their flags.
Yang Zhi immediately ordered Yang Zhen to be the governor of Qizhou, let Yuan Chun disperse the news that the monk is a brother and sister, Yang Zhen also began to write letters to other Zhizhai and soldiers and horses, Yang Zhen's influence is still there, only one day later, including Tongjin, Qu Yechuan, Hengyang, Taihe, including a fortress sent people to contact, now the road with Fuzhou is cut off, Qizhou, Fengzhou is between the Dingbei Army and the Western Xia Army, no one can not see the stakes, the difference is a suitable price.
Yang Zhi is satisfied one by one, anyway, there is no one under his command now, the more the merrier; the rest of Liding, Shenmu, and Gan are actually in the hands of the Zhe family, and the guards are Zhi Ketong, Zhi Kejiu, and Zhi Yanshi, they are psychologically prepared for the changes in Qizhou, but they didn't expect the change to be so fast; Yang Zhi arrived in Qizhou, the Western Xia army was defeated on the first day, and the Western Xia army withdrew Yang Zhen and others on the second day, and most of Qizhou fell on the third day. It's just that they are confident that Yang Zhi will not attack forcibly, so a flip-flop.
But Yang Zhi wouldn't let them drag it out, Yang Zhi asked Yuanchun in front of Yang Zhen: "How is Fengzhou?"
Yuanchun's arrangement is a big opportunity for the Yuan family, Yuanchun as a traitor to the Yuan family if he does Fengzhou Zhizhou in the Dingbei Army, it will be beneficial to the Yuan family, no matter who wins or loses in Taiyuan and Bianliang in the future, the Yuan family will stand tall;