Wang Xin took a step back, and Wang Derong agreed because he was worried about his personal safety. After discussion, the two decided to send 20,000 cavalry out of the city to join the reinforcements.
Of the 20,000 cavalry, 15,000 were the elite of the Northern Army, and the remaining 5,000 were the cavalry brought by Wang Deyong.
This is not to say how generous and selfless Wang Deyong is, he is just worried that if this is not a plan of the three tribes, once they really join up with the reinforcements sent by the court, then he has sent five thousand cavalry, and they can be divided.
Get most of the credit.
The 20,000 Song Dynasty cavalry quickly arrived at the south gate of Xincheng to meet up. As the city gate was pulled up, the cavalry quickly poured out and rushed towards the court reinforcements ten miles outside the city.
On a high slope ten miles away, Huang Gaoyi saw the Song Dynasty cavalry leaving the city and couldn't help laughing. "Okay, very good, they took the initiative to join us."
"General, should we rush forward and join forces with them now?" the lieutenant on the side asked.
"Don't worry, let them run around for a while and see what happens." Huang Gaoyi shook his head. He also felt that something was wrong, so he thought it would be better to wait and see.
On another high slope ten miles away from where Huang Gaoyi was, General Lei Meng and five thousand dragon guards were also stopping here to observe.
"Commander Lei, all the cavalry in the city have come out, but it seems that General Huang has no intention of moving forward. Why is this?"
The person who made the noise had dark skin, eyes like copper bells, and a murderous aura in his eyes.
He is Nie Yong, the general beside Raymond, who was originally a member of the Western Army.
, because of his bravery in combat, he was selected to join the Longwu Guard.
"Why? You're a coward." Raymond shook his head and said with anger in his eyes.
In Lei Meng's eyes, Huang Gaoyi might have felt that something was wrong with the situation. If so, he should not have appeared at this time and not entered the city.
Since you are still here, don't think about whether there is fraud. Even if the Song Army cavalry comes out of the city, he should move forward immediately to join them.
In this way, even if there is really a fraud, there is still no way to fight back.
At that time, if the Song army in Xin City seizes the opportunity, comes out of the city to fight, and counter-sieges them, then they will lead five thousand dragon guards to kill them, and there may not be any chance of victory in a single battle.
It's a pity that this is just his personal idea.
Everyone has their own thoughts and cannot fight in a unified manner. In the end, this is just an idea.
"Let me tell you, you are not allowed to advance without orders." Raymond seemed to have seen the scene of defeat, and had no choice but to give an order to Nie Yong.
For no other reason than that, his five thousand dragon warriors are all elite veterans. Don't rush forward on impulse. That will just be delivering food to the enemy.
"The general will understand." Nie Yong agreed, turned around and began to give instructions.
On the battlefield, 20,000 Song Dynasty riders came out of the city.
Without anyone to stop them, they were extremely fast, covering a distance of ten miles to five miles. At this time, Huang Gaoyi's men finally moved.
The 100,000 reinforcements also began to move forward slowly, but no matter how you look at it, the speed is not very fast, and they seem to be neither urgent nor slow.
"Why don't you advance quickly, the two armies meet up and rush towards the city?
?" On the city tower, Wang Deyong looked at this scene, and his eyes almost burst into flames.
Wang Xin, who was standing aside, was about to say something, but at this moment, his expression suddenly changed and he said: "No, this is indeed a trap."
As soon as Wang Xin finished speaking, a large number of cavalry from the three tribes instantly appeared outside the originally silent South City Gate.
Among them were Liao soldiers wearing green armor, Xixia cavalry wearing blue armor, and Mongolian cavalry wearing blue and white armor.
Looking from a distance, there are countless people, including at least 150,000 cavalry.
As soon as so many cavalry from the three tribes appeared, they rushed straight towards the 20,000 Song Army cavalry leaving the city and surrounded them.
"No, retreat." Huang Gaoyi, who was still walking cautiously in the team, saw the enemy cavalry suddenly appear in such large numbers. He looked panicked and shouted to retreat.
This is indeed a trap set by the aliens. Now his 100,000-strong army has already set off and the team is in the process of advancing. If they encounter an enemy cavalry, they may not get much benefit.
Huang Gaoyi, who was afraid of his life, turned around and ran away so fast that he was even faster than the 20,000 Song cavalry coming from the opposite side.
The general fled before fighting, and the 100,000-strong Song army collapsed immediately. During the rapid turn back, the formation was even more chaotic. Some soldiers who did not react hastily were often pushed to the ground, and were often trampled by people coming from behind.
On the ground, there is no power to rise.
As soon as hundreds of thousands of strange horses appeared, the Song army was in chaos before fighting.
Seeing this scene, Wang Deyong on the tower was dumbfounded and frightened.
Fortunately, he listened to the advice and did not order the entire army to leave the city. Otherwise, how could the walking infantry be the opponent of hundreds of thousands of different knights?
At this moment Wang Xin,
But he punched the city tower with his fist and said regardless of the bleeding hand bones: "Come here, gather the army and go out of the city to fight."
"No."
Seeing that Wang Xin was about to leave the city at this time, Wang De couldn't help but immediately stopped the messenger who was about to turn around and leave.
Seeing Wang Deyong stop him, Wang Xin said angrily: "Ms. Wang, if we don't go out of the city to fight now, I'm afraid the 20,000 cavalry will be completely wiped out."
"So what if we are annihilated? Soldiers should die on the battlefield, and we still have our own responsibility, which is to defend Xincheng."
At this moment, Wang Deyong said that he was righteous, but in fact it was just a manifestation of fear of death.
In the eyes of such people, no one's life is as important as their own, and whoever dies will be fine as long as they themselves do not die.
"Why."
Seeing that Wang Deyong would definitely not agree, Wang Xin could only sigh and look at the battlefield with blood-red eyes, looking at the 20,000 cavalry sent out of the city, who were surrounded and divided by aliens several times their size.
The 20,000 cavalrymen of the Song Dynasty were already in disarray when they discovered hundreds of thousands of foreign cavalrymen coming from all directions. Especially the 5,000 cavalrymen brought by Wang Deyong did not obey military orders. Under the leadership of General Zheng Jiujiu,
Desperately, they began to flee in all directions.
This also affected the remaining 15,000 northern cavalry, which prevented them from making the most correct decision at the first time, such as choosing one point and charging out.
And when they came to their senses and wanted to break out, they were already surrounded by the strangers and had no chance to break out.
"kill!"
Seeing that there was no hope of escape, the fifteen thousand northern cavalry issued the ultimate
After shouting, they began to launch a desperate charge towards the strangers who surrounded them.
When the northern cavalry counterattacked, Huang Gaoyi led an army of 50,000 people to withdraw from the battlefield first and rushed straight towards Chitangguan, south of Xincheng.
As for the remaining 50,000 people, half of them, Huang Gaoyi no longer cares about that many.
Fifty thousand chaotic Song Army infantry and 15,000 Song Army cavalry were surrounded by hundreds of thousands of foreign cavalry. Bows and arrows were continuously released, and streams of blood flew out. One Song Army soldier was shot to death.
On this land that has been stained red with blood.
Lei Meng, who was ten miles away, also saw this scene. He wanted to impulsively kill him with five thousand dragon guards several times.
But he knew that he couldn't do this. It would be irresponsible to the soldiers, and it was also irresponsible to King Jing.
This time, in order for each of the five thousand Longwu Guards to have a horse to ride on, King Jing spent an unknown amount of money to collect five thousand horses.
It is no exaggeration to say that this time he came with the expectations of King Jing. If he threw himself into this first battle, he would die and he would be sorry for King Jing. He could not bear this responsibility.
"Retreat, retreat."
In order to prevent the foreign cavalry from turning around and discovering him, Raymond, with tears in his eyes, retreated back with the five thousand dragon warrior cavalry after surrounding him.
Long Wuwei left.
Huang Gaoyi also left.
On the tower of Xincheng, Wang Deyong and Wang Xin watched helplessly as 15,000 Song cavalry and 50,000 infantrymen, a total of 65,000 Song troops, were surrounded and killed by hundreds of thousands of foreigners.
This battle lasted for more than four hours.
It didn't end until it got dark.
No unified command
, except for the fact that the 15,000 northern cavalry caused nearly 4,000 casualties to the foreign tribe, the foreign tribe had almost no losses.
Zheng Changjiu escaped first with more than 2,000 cavalry. He didn't even have the courage to join Huang Gaoyi and fled straight towards Bianliang City.
At the cost of less than 5,000 cavalry, nearly 70,000 soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty were destroyed. The three tribes won a great victory, making their arrogance in the northern border of the Song Dynasty even more arrogant.
News of the battle soon spread to Bianliang City. Your Highness, Zhao Zhen, threw Huang Gaoyi's memorial to the ground in front of all the ministers, and roared, "What on earth is going on? Why does the king
De Yong and Wang Xin didn't break out in time?"
"Why didn't Huang Gaoyi take the initiative to move closer to Xincheng?"
"Why the defeat?"
"Nearly 70,000 soldiers of our Song Dynasty were stained with blood. Who should bear this responsibility?"
The imperial shouts and questions echoed in the hall, and all the ministers, one by one, lowered their heads at this moment.
No matter what they want to say in their hearts, they can only accept it now. When the emperor's anger is not so strong, they will really open their mouths to explain.
For a full quarter of an hour, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but tremble all over after scolding him, and then he sat back on the dragon chair with the help of Zhang Maoze.
The breath gradually became calmer, and at this time, someone from the courtiers below finally spoke. "Your Majesty, I would like to ask, where did General Zhongwu go when the war started?"
The person who spoke was none other than Wen Yanbo, the political minister of the Council, who had been refuted by Su Shi in the court. At this moment, he finally took the opportunity to criticize Su Shi.
"Yes, His Majesty gave the order before
Ask General Zhongwu to return to Xincheng to aid Xincheng. Where will he be during the battle?" The person who stepped forward next was Da Zongzheng Zhao Yunrang.