Zhang Jiao looked at the slightly narrow battlefield ahead and finally understood what Wei Wu had been planning these days.

The aggressive attacks on Xiayi these days are just pretense.

No wonder the attacks every day give people a strange feeling.

It looks fierce, but it's actually just a point.

After every attack, some troops would quietly withdraw from the battlefield.

After more than ten consecutive days, more than 2,000 people withdrew from the Xiayi battlefield.

Retreat so quietly that no one notices it.

Then, they came to the place in front of them.

When the river reaches here, due to the obstruction of the hills, it suddenly makes a big turn that is almost at a right angle.

The official road is between the river and the hills. The road is not very wide, and because it is the dry season in winter, the area in front of Zhang Jie is much wider than the other side of the hills.

It wasn't until he arrived here that Zhang Jie learned about today's clear mission.

They want to ambush the reinforcements from Shangqiu.

And they are all cavalry.

Huang Hai, who was stationed in Xiayi, was attacked. Huang Chun of Shangqiu was naturally anxious, not only because Huang Hai was his son, but more importantly because of the importance of Xiayi's location.

If Xiayi is lost, how can Shangqiu be saved?

Originally, the Song army's attack on Xiayi was extremely sudden and progressed too quickly, leaving Huang Chun unable to react in time.

But to his joy, Xiayi actually survived under the leadership of Huang Hai, which gave Huang Chun the opportunity and time to rescue.

A team of 3,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry were assembled and set off towards Xiayi.

And here is the only way for them to pass.

The soldiers were busy setting up positions. The Song army that came here from Xiayi only had 2,000 infantry and 500 cavalry, but what they wanted to ambush was a full cavalry team of up to 3,000 people. It sounded very strange. It's ridiculous.

However, Zhang Jie looked at the terrain in front of him and knew that anything was possible.

Perhaps the purpose of this attack on Xiayi was to attack the reinforcements from Shangqiu!

This is a dangerous terrain. When the cavalry turned around the hill and walked forward for some distance, they suddenly discovered the attack position and the seemingly spacious road. There were traps everywhere on the beach, but they could retreat. Go back?

impossible.

The first is the speed of the cavalry.

The second is the special terrain here.

The combat characteristics of cavalry will also prompt their first reaction to rush over.

This is what the Song Army took advantage of.

The beach is very loose and easy to dig. A trench about one meter deep is covered with straw mats, and then a thin layer of fine sand is sprinkled on it. If you don't get closer and look carefully, you won't see anything out of the ordinary. .

The beach is covered with snagging ropes and sprinkled with calamus pears.

Of course, these alone will only cause certain casualties and chaos to the cavalry, but if you add in the dozens of crossbow machines and thousands of divine arm crossbows behind them.

The Divine Arm Crossbow does not require soldiers to undergo strict selection and training, and can be used with only a little guidance.

This is also the most terrifying part of the Divine Arm Crossbow.

The Song Dynasty was able to block the Liao army in the past, and it was a weapon like the divine arm crossbow that really did a great job.

However, this kind of crossbow is expensive to make, and it is not something you can equip if you want to.

Zhang Jie's previous team consisted of more than a hundred people, but they were not equipped with even a divine arm crossbow.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the craftsmanship camp in Tokyo was captured by the Liao army.

In the past, powerful weapons like the Divine Arm Crossbow could only be made by craftsmanship camps. Thousands of bowsmiths who specialized in making Divine Arm Crossbows worked day and night to build this weapon for the Song Dynasty.

Until, Xiao Cheng started to imitate.

Now, whether it is Qu Zhen or Liu Yu, they have lost the ability to make divine arm crossbows. What they have now is one less than one.

But now, Zhang Jiotong led a battle camp with a total of five hundred people, each equipped with a divine arm bow.

Zhang Qiu's eyes widened when he saw the divine arm bow wrapped in oil paper that was being pulled by a car.

When the cavalry were overwhelmed by traps on the beach, roads, and snagging ropes, the repeating crossbows with a range of nearly 200 steps would bring them a second round of damage.

There are hundreds of crossbow machines, each of which can fire six crossbow arrows continuously. Each crossbow arrow is about one meter long, and the arrow is half a foot long. The penetrating power of this crossbow arrow is quite terrifying. When attacking Xiayi, Zhang Jie I have seen them nailed deeply to the city wall of Xiayi.

Whenever a man or horse comes into contact with one, he is almost useless.

Next, thousands of divine arm crossbows concentrated their fire, causing them a third round of blows.

Finally, there is a battle camp of the White Feather Army.

They use enemy bows.

It is weaker than the God's Arm Bow, but because it uses armor-piercing arrows, its lethality is also amazing. More importantly, as long as you have enough arm strength, the enemy-defeating bow can shoot continuously. It is much faster to string than the God's Arm Bow. It's much simpler.

There are two other things that Zhang Jie doesn't know what they are, and they are hidden in the battle camp of Bai Yu Army. They are guarded by about ten soldiers on each side, and even camp generals like Zhang Jie are not allowed to get close.

It must be something more powerful, and Zhang Jie is not upset. Anyway, as soon as the war starts, he will be able to see what is so mysterious.

This is a death trap, and the Song army is like a cheetah hiding in the grass, waiting for their prey to take the bait.

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Zhang Jie had to admire this trap designed by Wei Wu.

It seems that Xiayi is in danger,

But if Xiayi is defended, the Shangqiu cavalry that suddenly arrives can cooperate with the Xiayi defenders inside and outside, and completely annihilate the Baiyu Army under the Xiayi City.

This gave the enemy an excellent opportunity to reverse the battlefield and defeat the Song army.

The plan was really thorough.

When these cavalrymen who were eager to rush to Xiayi suffered heavy losses here, their infantry would be attacked by the Song cavalry from Xiadang to attack Nanzhong.

By then, I am afraid that none of the 8,000 elite soldiers from Shangqiu will be able to return to Shangqiu.

When all the Zhao troops, including Xiayi, were killed, how could Shangqiu be able to defend it?

After suppressing Shangqiu, Songcheng and other places, Kaifeng is already in sight.

If you really do this, the world will be shocked.

If Kaifeng and Tokyo were to fall back into the hands of the New Song Dynasty again, the political and military significance would be huge.

Sitting cross-legged in his position, Zhang Jie quietly waited for the enemy's arrival.

The other party was too careless.

Not even a single scout was sent out.

Or was it sent out and eliminated by our own side? Zhang Jiao didn't know.

Or maybe they thought that Xiayi contained the main force of the Song Army, and the Song Army only had such a small number of troops, so it was simply impossible to separate the army to attack them!

They never imagined that there were only two thousand people setting up an ambush here.

The ground shook slightly, and the experienced Zhang Jie knew that his opponent was coming.

He stood up.

Many of the subordinates here may not have seen the scene of thousands of cavalry charging, but he has seen it.

It was really a scene that could make one's legs weak and make one lose control of feces and urine.

Soldiers who have not undergone rigorous training are basically unable to withstand such an charge.

The spacious beach in front of us can accommodate at least a thousand cavalry at one time to launch an attack.

Once they break through the lineup, it will be impossible for them to ambush and it will become a tragedy.

No plan can be perfect and may be overturned.

Whether it is a female or a male can actually be decided at the moment of battle.

Iron-footed general Wei Wu personally commanded the battle.

He left more people under the city of Xiayi and was commanded by his deputy general Zhou Guang. If the enemy forces in the city launched a surprise attack and cooperated with the incoming reinforcements, Zhou Guang would be responsible for intercepting them.

The area around Xiayi City does not have the favorable terrain here.

So out of the 5,000 white feather troops, Wei Wu left 4,000 men for Zhou Guang.

If Huang Hai dares to open the city, I believe that Zhou Guang, who has experienced many wars, will give the opponent a huge surprise.

Zhang Zhuo's war camp was on the front line.

He has this awareness.

As a newly defected army, he performed well in the siege, showing considerable military command skills and combat bravery. Now, it is time for him to continue to show his loyalty.

If you have fully performed and survived, your future will be much brighter.
To be continued...