Chapter 10 War

Author: I love to eat pig's trotters

Chapter 10 War

May, the 25th year of Yuanfeng, Great Zhou,

The Great Zhou Dynasty divided into two groups and a total of 70,000 troops rushed to the west.

After the two sides arrived at Yanzhou Road in July, the troops were divided into two groups. The British Duke led an army of 40,000 to the southwest to Shaanxi Road, and the Marquis of Dingyuan led an army of 30,000 to Hedong Road.

After the separation, we received the news in July, the King of Western Xia Li Hao personally led 70,000 cavalry and 80,000 infantry, a total of 150,000 troops, and rushed towards Linzhou, which was surrounded by numerous people.

The Marquis of Dingyuan ordered a change of formation and advance. Yuan Wenshao led 6,000 cavalry as vanguards and advanced forward to break the siege of Linzhou. The Marquis of Dingyuan led 15,000 central army and General Zhang Kang led 9,000 infantry as rear army.

After a sudden march, Yuan Wenshao finally set up camp 10 miles away from Linzhou City on the evening of the third day.

The army marched urgently for three days and now had little combat effectiveness. Besides, the situation in Linzhou is not clear at present. While sending people to camp and rest, he sent scouts to investigate the situation in Linzhou.

At night, scouts from all walks of life came back to report the information. The Xixia army was divided into two groups, with about 50,000 surrounding Linzhou City. The army camped fifty miles north of Linzhou City to see that there were no less than 100,000. There was a bright yellow tent in the middle, which might be the King of Xixia Li.

Where is Hao.

Considering the situation in Linzhou, Yuan Wenshao decided to launch a surprise attack on the King of Western Xia Li Hao tonight to surround Wei and save Zhao.

The arid northwest Linzhou is a city without water. Linzhou has been besieged for a long time, but I am afraid that it will not last long. Moreover, I have just led my army to arrive, and Xixia knows differently that the surprise attack can have the effect of a surprise attack now.

Let the soldiers hurry up and rest, and wrap the horse's hooves with cotton, put the horse's mouth in the net, and prepare to start a night attack during the third and fourth updates.

On July 21, 25th, Yuanfeng, the fourth update was 10,

Yuan Wenshao led the vanguard of 6,000 cavalry to attack the headquarters of the Xixia army under Linzhou city at night. The Xixia army resisted slightly on the periphery, but under the leadership of Yuan Wenshao, it quickly broke through the periphery defense line. The Xixia army was sleeping soundly inside and was caught off guard.

However, near the headquarters of the King of Western Xia Li Hao, the elite cavalry of Western Xia, was stubbornly resisted by the Iron Harrier, an elite cavalryman of Western Xia.

Iron Harrier is the most elite heavy armored cavalry in Western Xia, with only three thousand people, and his men and horses are all full of iron armor. One warrior who is ten will not enter Iron Harrier.

Fortunately, it was a night attack, and the Western Xia army was not sure about the situation. Tie Yaozi protected Li Hao and left. He could not do anything, so Yuan Wenshao stopped pestering Li Hao and began to kill ordinary Western Xia soldiers.

Yuan Wenshao led his troops back and forth to rush back and forth twice. The Western Xia soldiers were completely rioted. Some had already begun to escape, but some elite soldiers began to organize counterattacks. Yuan Wenshao's main target was these elites who counterattacks. He led his personal soldiers to charge wherever there was a counterattack.

Then, then

No matter how powerful the Western Xia warriors were, they were not the enemy of Yuan Wenshao. There were no more Western Xia soldiers resisting and all fled.

The battle was until dawn, and Xixia had retreated for more than 100 miles, and Yuan Wenshao did not send troops to pursue him. He had too few troops and sent people to clean the battlefield. The undead enemy troops killed them directly, gathered the scattered horses, and killed them in this battle formation.

Xixia soldiers were 15,000, countless baggages were seized, and 10,000 war horses were seized.

Yuan Wenshao's cavalry in Beijing was also killed more than 500 and seriously injured more than 500, and 2,000 were slightly injured. He was temporarily unable to fight again.

The Xixia defenders surrounding Linzhou saw that the army was attacked and were afraid of being attacked from front and back, so they had to retreat temporarily. The siege of Linzhou was temporarily lifted.

After discussing with General Yang Wenzhao, the garrison of Linzhou, Yuan Wenzhao, he decided to go to Hengyang Village for a temporary rest and form a horn with Linzhou.

A few days later, after the Xixia conquered and defeated, they gathered again to attack Linzhou. Yuan Wenshao sent troops to harass the grain road and small Xixia soldiers to relieve the pressure on Linzhou.

After several attacks failed, tens of thousands of people were killed or injured. Li Hao decided to temporarily give up his plan to capture Linzhou and choose the next target prefecture.

The city was built on the mountain, firm and steep. There was a big river outside the city, and there was no shortage of water. There were 6,100 defenders, and they were the elite Zhe family army, which was a hard bone.

Li Hao led his army to attack hard. Under the strong city, the Xia army was killed and injured. Under the leadership of the chief general Zhe Haomin, a surprise attack broke the Xia army's formation. A large-scale stampede occurred when the Xia army retreated, and the troops were all in the future.

Trampled on each other, countless casualties and injured. Attacks on Linzhou, the prefectures and prefectures suffered successive defeats.

Only Fengzhou is left in Hedong, and Fengzhou is the weakest defense among the three continents. However, at this time, Dingyuan Hou had already led reinforcements to arrive. Li Hao saw that Fengzhou had no choice but to stop the idea of ​​quickly capturing the Hedong region.

At this time, the Xixia army still had more than 120,000, which had an absolute advantage in numerical numbers. After giving up the idea of ​​a quick battle, Xixia also began to build fortifications on the periphery, and the two sides were in a stalemate.

Yuan Wenshao recruited over 10,000 cavalry based on the seized war horses. Hedong was a naturalized foreigner, and he was a cavalryman. They admired the strong, and soon Yuan Wenshao was like an instructor to these cavalrymen.

After a few months, the Zhou army was basically on punctual, but Yuan Wenshao's cavalry was a mobile force and had strong flexibility. He implemented the sixteen-character policy of guerrilla warfare, "The enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy garrisons, and the enemy is tired.

I will fight, and the enemy will retreat and I will chase after you."

Turning to the three states, going back and forth, killing more than 10,000 Xia soldiers, making the Western Xia army exhausted. (In fact, in history, Hedong Road was high in mountains and deep in valleys, and crisscrossing in rivers and valleys. The dangerous terrain was not conducive to cavalry, but this is a novel

Don't be serious)
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