Shao Ling led his 500 soldiers, and according to Wang Xiao's hunting commander's flag military order, they slowly advanced towards the left flank of Yang Jin's army in front. After all, Yang Jin's army was not a regular army. There were not many bows and crossbows in the army, and there were not many obstacles on the way.

The regular army of the Song Dynasty had a large number of crossbows, most of which accounted for more than 70%. The attacking army often had to be baptized by the rain of arrows first. If it was not a truly strong army, it would often collapse on the road.

To fight the Song Army, the Liao Army relied on long-distance penetration and cutting off food routes. The Xixia Army relied on strides forward and retreat, gathering superior forces in favorable terrain. The Jin Army was different, relying on frontal attacks and rapid cavalry maneuvers.

Yang Jin's army did not have these skills, so they could only gather in a dense formation and wait for Shao Ling to attack.

Wang Xiaolie looked to the west and saw that Zhai Xing's troops had already crossed the river and began to form formations on the bank. However, Yang Jin still had a good location and a large number of people, so there was no disadvantage. Zhai Xing's army was about to cross the river, and it was obviously a very hard fight.

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Standing at Wang Xiaolie's position, he could no longer hear the sounds of the front line clearly. He only saw Shao Ling's troops running straight into Yang Jin's left wing and stalemate there. The rest of the troops stood quietly, waiting for the result.

After a cup of tea, Yang Jin's army began to waver and became somewhat scattered. The two armies behind, Xie Linong and Yu Huan, saw this and cheered together.

On the top of the mountain in the south, Niu Gao prepared his military formation and quietly observed what was going on below.

Yang Jin's army had no structure after all. They did not investigate the surroundings of the battlefield and found no movement from Niu Gao. But now that the formation was in order, Niu Gao had no place to attack when he rushed forward, so he had to wait quietly.

The sun rose above the head, and Wang Xiaolie waited a little anxiously. Shao Ling moved Yang Jin's formation, but it did not break up. The troops nearby provided timely support and stabilized the whole army. If the whole army's formation was not in disorder, there would be no attack.

Chance.

The sun streaked across the sky, and in the afternoon, Shao Ling's army had no choice but to withdraw, and the two armies continued to confront each other. After that, there were only small-scale battles involving dozens of people on the battlefield, and there was no major battle. One day passed like this.

Returning to the military camp, Zhai Cong said to Wang Xiao Xiechashou: "Zhizhou, we must fight with all our strength and don't hesitate. Like today, when will we be able to defeat Yang Jin? A bandit like Yang Jin, the longer time goes by, the worse his morale will be.

exuberant!"

Wang Xiaolie looked at Zhai Cong and said calmly: "Although Yang Jin's army was impulsive today, they did not scatter and there was no chance. Please wait calmly in the office. If there is an opportunity, I will not let it go."

Zhai Cong said anxiously: "Our army is separated from Yang Jin's army by the Yi River. If not, we would have killed him long ago! Zhizhou——"

Wang Xiaolie waved his hand: "Yameni, you are watching the battle in our army. I already told you that you are not supervising the army! I have my own plan on how to fight!"

After saying that, he went back to the commander's tent without looking back. Zhai Cong was stunned there, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Wang Xiaolie hated Zhai Cong very much in his army. When he came to push him, he hated him even more. From the bottom of his heart, Wang Xiaolie wanted to have a good relationship with the Zhai family, and he was very polite to Zhai Cong. But treating him well is

It's one thing, but it's another thing to let him point fingers.

When the army is fighting, of course it hopes that there will be people on the side to help. One more person will give more strength. Even if it is just to give advice, even if the advice is worthless, that is good. But there is a person on the side pointing fingers. This is the case.

If that were the case, that would be another matter. This is the reason why the supervisors are hated from top to bottom.

Wang Xiaolie knew that Zhai Cong was a good man, and he did not want to fall out with him. But the person who died in the front was his uncle, and the entire Zhai family army was Zhen Su, who vowed to fight Yang Jin desperately. The way he looked at himself changed.

.No matter what he did, he felt that he was not doing his best.

It was getting late, and Wang Xiaolie called the commander of the army to his tent. After thinking about it, he sent another soldier to call Zhai Cong.

Zhai Cong entered the commander's tent and saw the commanders sitting on both sides, with wine and meat in front of each of them. There was an empty seat at the top, presumably reserved for himself.

Wang Xiaoxing said: "We have been fighting for a whole day today, with gains and losses. Let's discuss it here. If the yamen is free, we can sit aside and listen."

Zhai Cong was a little embarrassed and quickly thanked him.

Xie Li Nong said: "What Zhizhou said is that when the Yameni is not around, it is inevitable to guess. We are fighting life and death on the front line, and the Yameni may think that we are not trying our best. After listening to it together, the Yameni feels at ease."

Wang Xiaolie said: "When you say this, aren't you just guessing what's going on in the office? We don't want to speculate. We just say what we have to say. It's normal to be unhappy at the moment, so don't let it form knots in your heart."

Zhai Cong crossed his hands: "That's what Zhizhou said."

Wang Xiaolie raised the wine bowl: "Let's have a drink before we talk."

After drinking wine and eating a few pieces of meat, Wang Xiaolie said: "In today's battle, although Yang Jin's army formation was not disrupted, it can be seen that his army formation is not very tight. We'd better find a way to fight again tomorrow."

A little more intense."

Shao Ling said: "It's too slow to lead the infantry forward. Yang Jin's army is just a mob, otherwise how could it go so smoothly? Tomorrow we should all lead the cavalry and charge with all our strength. The infantry will panic when they see the cavalry."

Wang Xiaoxing said: "We only have a few hundred cavalry, how many will we have if we all gather together? Besides, I use Niu Gao as a surprise soldier. If all of them are infantry, it will be difficult to seize the opportunity even if there is a fighter."

Shao Ling said: "You don't need too many. As long as there are a hundred cavalry, it is better than the five hundred infantry soldiers today."

Wang Xiaolie nodded and couldn't make up his mind for a moment. To be honest, cavalry should be used for this kind of small force charging into battle. In most cases, cavalry is indeed used. However, there are too few cavalry in Wang Xiaolie's army, so he can't do it.

Just arrived.

Different from infantry, cavalry has various tactics and is highly mobile. It can rush to the front of the formation to change direction, use bows and arrows to disrupt the enemy's formation, or charge directly. There are various tactics. Once unfavorable, it can also withdraw in time and change the attack.

direction.

Zhai Cong on the side said: "Yang Jin's army has many cavalry on the bank of Yi River to prevent us from rushing across the bank. If there are cavalry in Zhizhou, we should use them as much as possible. If not, Yang Jin will transfer the cavalry here.

On the contrary, it’s not good.”

Wang Xiaolie thought for a long time and said: "What you said makes sense. Well, tomorrow Shao Ling will lead one hundred and fifty cavalry and rush straight to the enemy's formation. Niu Gao will lead another one hundred and fifty people and still go to the mountain to be a surprise soldier. As long as

Shao Ling moved the enemy's formation, and directly attacked the weak points of the enemy's formation from the mountains without waiting for the army to cover them. These three hundred cavalry are all the wealth in our army."

Shao Ling and Niu Gao crossed their hands and said yes.

When Zhai Cong saw this, he couldn't help but feel happy. At this time, he was extremely anxious, wishing that Wang Xiaolie would not sleep and fight to the death with the enemy. However, when Wang Xiaolie returned to the camp just now, his words were inappropriate, so he did not dare to push again at this time.
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