Chapter 387: A fierce battle between the two sides
Li Tongren frowned and said: "Although I don't agree with going to war, I still think that your Majesty's approach is reasonable!" Several civil servants looked puzzled, and the civil servant who just spoke said angrily: "What kind of reason is this!
The Yanyun Army is the army of tigers and wolves, the best in the world! Although our army is four times larger than the enemy, the Prime Minister must know better than us what the situation is! Not to mention 400,000, even 800,000, it is difficult to fight in the field.
Fight against those 100,000 elites! No matter how many sheep there are, they are no match for the wolf!" Other civil servants agreed, all looking worried.
Li Tongren shook his head and said: "Although what you said makes sense, you don't understand military affairs after all! I can probably understand your Majesty's intention. The Yanyun Army is powerful, but our 178,000 regular troops are not vegetarians.
, as long as they can form a stalemate with the Yanyun Army on the battlefield, the morale and fighting spirit of the Yanyun Army will decline. At this time, if more than 200,000 civilian troops rush into the enemy's formation like a tide and fight with them, we have a great chance.
Win!" All the civil servants looked at each other, they didn't quite understand the reasoning behind this.
Li Tongren frowned and said, "Actually, Your Majesty has no choice but to do this! If you don't defeat Yan Yun's army in the south as soon as possible, I'm afraid something will happen to the north!" He raised his head and looked at everyone, "You know, what about Chen Xiao?
But there are tigers and wolves more ferocious than Yue Fei!" Everyone was shocked. Li Tongren continued: "We don't have time to defend slowly. Only by getting rid of the Yanyun Army in the south as soon as possible can we be free to deal with the Yanyun Army in the north! If
If we are in a stalemate with the enemy here, the situation in the north will inevitably deteriorate rapidly! This is the main reason why His Majesty decided to go to war!" Several civil servants did not know what to say, and they only felt that their minds were in a mess.
Li Tongren said: "We, the civil servants, should not worry about things on the battlefield, just do what we should do! Your Majesty can think of everything we can think of!" All the civil servants agreed in unison.
At this time, in the camp hall, Li Zongdao said: "Your Majesty, the general thinks that all these civil servants should be driven back to the capital! It is useless to stay here, and it will only weaken the morale of the army!"
Li Qingxia frowned and said: "I originally did it to facilitate the handling of government affairs, but now it seems that it is really inappropriate!" She looked at Li Zongdao and smiled: "The Generalissimo doesn't like them very much?" Li Zongdao sighed, "I can't say whether he likes them or not.
I like it, but the battlefield is really not the place where these civilian officials should come. The battlefield should be left to the soldiers! If civilian officials stay here, they will fail more than they succeed!"
Li Qingxia nodded thoughtfully and looked at Li Zongdao, "Let's do this. I will pass down an order for them to return to Xingqing Mansion tomorrow, and at the same time, Prime Minister Zuo will temporarily handle internal affairs on his behalf!" Li Zongdao bowed and said: "
Your Majesty is wise!"
Li Qingxia walked to the main seat and sat down, glanced at Li Zongdao, "Generalissimo, do you have anything to say about going to war?" Li Zongdao said: "I understand your Majesty's concerns and intentions very well.
I would totally agree! Just, just..."
Li Qingxia said for him: "It's just that facing Yanyun Tiger and Wolf, there is no certainty in this battle!" Li Zongdao bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise! Although our army has 400,000 troops, Yanyun Army only has 100,000 troops, but no matter what
In terms of equipment, fighting spirit, fighting spirit, fighting skills, etc., they are inferior to the Yanyun Army! As the saying goes, good soldiers do not have many soldiers. Our army of 400,000 is against the Yanyun Army of 100,000. It is really difficult to say that we are sure of victory!" After a pause, "But
It's not that there is no chance of winning. As long as our regular troops can form a stalemate with Yanyun's army, then our large civilian army can break into the enemy's formation from the flanks and destroy the enemy's army in one go. The ants will kill the elephant!
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Li Qingxia nodded, "That's what I planned, but I'm not sure whether I can win in the end! It depends on God's will!" Li Zongdao said: "Your Majesty, the general thinks there is no need to be so anxious to fight Yan Yun's army.
, you can wait and wait for the battle situation on Li Cunxiao's side before making a decision! If Li Cunxiao succeeds in capturing Youzhou, there is no need for us to take such risks!" Li Qingxia nodded, "Well, you are right, wait a little longer.
Wait and see, wait and see. I hope God will bless Li Cunxiao and he can live up to his trust!" After a pause, he suddenly said: "In order for Li Cunxiao's attack to proceed smoothly, we here cannot wait and must attack immediately.
Yang Yanzhao launches an attack!"
Li Zongdao was stunned and then understood Li Qingxia's intention: Yang Yanzhao may not know the situation in Youzhou yet, but he will know it sooner or later. Once he learns that Youzhou is in danger, he will most likely retreat immediately.
As a result, even if Youzhou breaks through, it will not be able to attack Changcheng Ridge and achieve the desired effect of closing the door and beating the dog. Therefore, in order to ensure victory in the battle of Youzhou, an attack must be launched here. Even if they cannot win, they must still entangle Yang Yanzhao.
, if you can win, that would be even better.
Li Zongdao nodded and said to Li Qingxia: "General, I will go to the military camp to prepare for the decisive battle with Yanyun Army tomorrow morning!" Li Qingxia nodded, "Generalissimo, thank you for your trouble!" Li Zongdao said to Li Qingxia
He bowed and left in a hurry.
Li Qingxia was in a daze for a while, and then quickly walked to the bedroom where she temporarily lived in the backyard. She walked to the bedside, opened the bedside table, and took out a palm-sized square red-lacquered and gold-taotie pattern wooden box. She retreated to the edge of the bed and sat down.
Next, open the wooden box and take out a turtle shell and nine ancient Qin coins. Put the coins into the turtle shell, clasp your hands, close your eyes, and mutter something in your mouth. Then shake it gently, and the coins are in the turtle shell.
There was a clicking sound. Li Qingxia shook it for a moment, and suddenly threw the coins into the box. Nine coins, four heads, four tails, and the last one stood on the edge of the wooden box. Li Qingxia saw this situation
, couldn't help but be stunned, feeling a little incredible.
He quickly collected the coins, put them into the tortoise shell, and divined again. The result was still the same, nine coins, four heads, four tails, and the last one stood on the edge.
Li Qingxia was surprised, frowned and murmured: "What does God's will mean? Does it tell me that the outcome is not clear, and everything depends on myself?" At this thought, infinite hope rose in her heart, and she just felt
As long as you are firm and unswerving, and your monarch and ministers work together, you will definitely be able to defeat Yan Yun.
At the same time, in the Yanyun Army's tent, Yang Yanzhao stood in front of the map, staring at Youzhou City. According to the news he had just received, the Xixia Snow Mountain Army had left Tiemen Pass and was attacking Youzhou. This surprised Yang Yanzhao.
Previous expectations. Yang Yanzhao had previously judged that after his army conquered Yanzhou, Xixia would be greatly shaken, so he would gather all the main forces to come and fight with his side, and he could take the opportunity to contain the enemy's large forces and let the King of Yan
Waiting for an opportunity to invade the hinterland of Xixia, it would be better if there is a chance to defeat the enemy's main force; but the current situation is somewhat different from what was originally expected, and Li Qingxia did not lose sight of it and was keenly aware of her own weaknesses.
Youzhou, so the elite of the Snow Mountain Army came out of Tiemenguan to attack Youzhou.
As a result, he was in a dilemma: should he continue to attack Xiping Mansion, or should he immediately return to Yanzhou to support Yuzhou. To be on the safe side, he should undoubtedly withdraw his troops immediately, so that the worst case scenario could naturally be avoided, but
Once this is done, our own energy will be frustrated. Now that the enemy is outnumbered, although we are far more elite, once our energy is frustrated, we may not be able to attack again. Yang Yanzhao is a little unwilling, but compared to Youzhou
If there are huge risks hidden there, it seems that this can only be the case. Those who are good at fighting must first establish themselves in an invincible position. They must not ignore the huge risks over there in Youzhou and make a desperate move. This is not what a warrior does, it is a gamble.
What the disciples did.
Yang Yanzhao looked at the map and fell into deep thought. After a moment, Yang Yanzhao suddenly turned around, the hesitation on his tough face was gone, and his eyes showed a determined look. He walked behind the bookcase.
, shouted outside the big tent: "Here comes someone!"
At the sound of footsteps, the captain of the soldiers rushed into the tent, clasped his fists and asked, "What are your orders, general?" "Go and call Yang Dezheng."
The captain promised and ran down. A moment later, he led Yang Dezheng, who was dressed in military uniform and fierce. Yang Dezheng, the former Yang Jiajun general, was one of the four strongest generals in the Yang Jiajun. The Yang Jiajun had the so-called four
The tiger generals are Yang Gui, Yang Dezheng, Yang Qi, and Fan Long. They had already made outstanding achievements in the wars with the Khitans and Koryo and were well-known throughout the world. Later, the Yang Family Army was merged into the Yanyun Army. These four tiger generals
Together with Yang Yanzhao, he followed Yang Peng to conquer the east and west, which shocked the world.
Yang Dezheng clasped his fists and asked, "Father, what are your orders?" Yang Yanzhao walked up to Yang Dezheng and said something. Yang Dezheng was surprised, "Is this going to be a problem?" Yang Yanzhao said with a smile:
"I know in my heart that there will be no problem!" Then he gave the instructions carefully and finally asked, "Is there anything you don't understand?"
Yang Dezheng clasped his fists and said, "I understand! I'll leave!" Yang Yanzhao nodded, and Yang Dezheng hurriedly left the tent. Yang Yanzhao walked outside the tent, looked at the stars in the sky, and couldn't help but murmured: "Everyone succeeds in his plans.
God, I have done everything I should do, and it depends on God’s will how it ends!”
Early the next morning, trumpets sounded loudly in Xipingfu City, shaking the earth. Immediately, the city gates were opened wide, and 50,000 light-armored cavalry first poured into the city and formed formations on the east and west sides. Yang Yanzhao saw that the opponent was about to leave the city for a field battle.
True to his ambition, he immediately ordered the entire army to go into battle. The camp gate of Yanyun Army was opened wide, and all the soldiers and horses came out in full force.
Soon after, almost all the soldiers and horses from both sides lined up in a large formation in the fields outside the city, facing each other from a distance. The drummers from both sides beat the drums hard, and the trumpeters blew the trumpets with all their might. The sound of drums and trumpets echoed throughout the heaven and earth.
In between, the shock makes people's eardrums numb.
Suddenly, the sound of drums and horns suddenly stopped, the world became quiet, and the atmosphere was very solemn. At this time, the sun emerged from the clouds, illuminating the entire earth, and the swords, guns, and armor reflected the cold light; the battle flags were in the air.
There was a hunting sound in the wind, and the goshawks circled high in the sky, letting out a roar from time to time.
The military formation in front of the Xixia Army was opened, and nearly ten thousand warriors were seen coming out of the formation and lining up in front of the army. Those warriors were taller than other Xixia warriors. Both men and horses were wrapped in heavy armor, and the horses only had four hooves hanging on the ground.
, the knight only showed a pair of eyes, his armor was as strong as a mountain, and he was full of murderous intent. This is the basis for the Xixia war to compete with the powerful countries. The Xixia Iron Kite heavy cavalry. This iron kite is the same as the Iron Pagoda of the Khitan Kingdom and the Yanwang Iron Cavalry of Yanyun.
, are all heavy armored cavalry. In this era, the Western heavy armored cavalry has just started. No matter in terms of equipment or tactics, they cannot compare with the Eastern heavy armored cavalry. In fact, after the tactics of the Western heavy armored cavalry matured, they were also very
Stupidly, the heavy armored cavalry in the West do not have auxiliary tactics when fighting. It is just a tactic. Tens of thousands of heavy cavalry rush towards the enemy in a swarm. If the opponent cannot stop it, he will naturally be trampled into a pulp. But as long as the opponent
If there is a way to restrain this tactic, it can be said that the Western heavy cavalry will lose, and they will lose miserably. For example, in history, the hundreds of thousands of heavy cavalry of the Western coalition were wiped out by tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry within a few days.
This illustrates this point.
Having digressed, let’s get back to the topic.
As soon as the Xixia Iron Harriers formed their formation, the trumpets of the central army sounded loudly. The light cavalry on both wings roared fiercely and rushed towards the Yanyun army from the left and right wings. This was a common method used by the Mongolian cavalry in the Western Xia Liao Kingdom and even in history.
Tactics: first use light cavalry to attack the enemy to disturb the enemy and shake the morale of the army. Then it is the elite heavy armored cavalry's turn to take action, relying on unparalleled impact to give the enemy a fatal blow.
Yang Yanzhao naturally knew his opponent's tactics. He was already prepared for this. Seeing the enemy troops coming, he immediately ordered the crossbowmen to prepare for shooting. As mentioned earlier, the Yanyun Army did not have a clear division of arms, and everyone was equipped with melee weapons.
Weapons and long-range weapons, so at this moment, except for the tower shield bearers, spearmen and the Modao army who are the main assault force, all the 80,000 Yanyun troops are armed with infantry crossbows. The infantry crossbows are divided into three types.
There are two types, one is a powerful crossbow modified from the Divine Arm Bow, which has a long range and is powerful, and the other is a much smaller repeating crossbow. Although it is not very powerful, it is better in terms of firepower and can shoot at the enemy within fifty meters.
The arrows pouring out like a rainstorm are the ultimate weapon for blocking attacks at close range. At this time, tens of thousands of Yanyun Army soldiers have already raised their infantry crossbows, aiming at the enemy war cavalry that surged up from both wings. Fifty thousand enemies
The troops and cavalry roared and surged, really like the roaring waves.
On two hundred and fifty steps, the two officers shot an arrow at the enemy. The powerful arrows fired from the crossbows roared out, flew through the space of more than two hundred steps, and fell into the enemy. At the same time, they shot down one of the soldiers.
The enemy, the enemy fell off their horses and was instantly drowned in the rolling waves of cavalry.
Yang Qi and Fan Long, who were in charge of the command, saw that the enemy had entered the shooting range, and immediately shouted: "Fire the arrow!" The soldiers had been aiming at the enemy. As soon as they heard the order, they immediately pulled the trigger, and only heard a buzzing sound.
There was a loud noise, and two huge black shadows suddenly flew into the air, flying towards the wave of cavalry rushing up from the left and right wings. Locust-like arrows plunged into the wave of cavalry, and in an instant, people fell on their backs and screamed.
The two waves of cavalry caused countless ripples. Some of the cavalry who fell to the ground survived, but before they had time to get up, they were trampled to the ground by the wave of iron hoofs and turned into a pulp.
Yan Yunqiang's crossbow fired arrows continuously in three stages of shooting. Each wave of arrows flew out, causing countless ripples in the wave of cavalry. Many Xixia cavalry died unexpectedly. However, the Xixia cavalry was in a state of madness, facing
Faced with the constant rain of arrows and the constant casualties, they completely ignored it and just charged towards Yan Yun's army.
After a while, the distance between the two sides was only more than a hundred steps. The Xixia war cavalry bent their bows and fired arrows at the Yanyun army. Arrows flew into the Yanyun army one after another, and soldiers of the Yanyun army continued to be hit by arrows. Those who were not seriously injured were
Regardless of the severity of their injuries, those who were seriously injured were immediately dragged down for treatment by their companions. The shooting rhythm and intensity of Yanyun Qiangnu did not seem to be affected at all.
In the blink of an eye, the Xixia war cavalry rushed into the fifty-meter range. Yan Yun, who had been waiting for this moment, fired his crossbows together. The charging Xixia war cavalry saw that the intensity of the arrow rain from the opposite side suddenly increased by more than ten times.
Locust-like arrows flew toward the face, as if there was no airtight. Seeing that the forward of the Xixia War Cavalry seemed to have encountered a strong obstacle, the men turned on their backs and their momentum suddenly slowed down, as if there was an invisible huge force against the Xixia War Cavalry.
charge.
The Xixia war cavalry roared and charged with all their might, firing arrows desperately. The Yanyun army also continued to suffer casualties, but the Xixia army's losses were obviously much greater. The Xixia war cavalry did not directly attack the Yanyun defense line, but was thirty meters away from the Yanyun defense line.
When they were left and right, they suddenly turned and ran parallel to the Yanyun defense line. At the same time, they continued to shoot arrows with their riding and archery skills. The Yanyun army continued to fire crossbows. The arrows from both sides flew crisscross in the sky, and the space between the two sides seemed to be fired by both sides.
The arrows were filled up, and the Xixia war cavalry kept falling on their backs, while the Yanyun army kept getting hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
Li Qingxia, dressed in military uniform, immediately stood under the imperial flag and stared coldly at the fierce battlefield ahead. She suddenly said to Li Zongdao: "Iron kites attack!" Li Zongdao agreed, raised his right hand and shouted: "Big
Xia Iron Kites!" Nearly ten thousand Iron Kites arrayed in front of the army roared in unison: "Invincible in all directions!!" With this shout, the Iron Kites army burst out with amazing momentum, and even other Xixia troops couldn't help but feel excited.
Already.
The horn sounded loudly, and the ten thousand iron kites started slowly. The dull sound gradually became louder. After a while, Yan Yunjun saw a torrent of steel rushing towards him. The momentum was far beyond what he could compare with when the light cavalry charged just now.
, the earth is trembling, thunder is echoing, even the bravest warrior cannot remain unmoved when faced with such a scene.
Yang Yanzhao ordered all the powerful crossbows to stop shooting against the enemy's light cavalry, and instead aimed at the surging torrent of steel. In the blink of an eye, the torrent of steel entered the range of two hundred steps, but Yang Yanzhao did not order to fire.
Seeing the torrent of steel approaching rapidly, the shaking of the earth became stronger and stronger, and the thunder-like sound became louder and louder. Unknowingly, the torrent of steel had already entered the range of a hundred steps! Yang Yanzhao suddenly shouted: "Fire the arrow!"
The first wave of powerful crossbows was launched immediately. The powerful rain of arrows roared away and flew into the enemy army. There was a loud crackling sound. The powerful crossbow arrows launched by the powerful crossbows were nailed heavily on the heavy armor. A few of them penetrated the heavy armor.
The armor shot the knights off their horses. Most of the crossbow arrows failed to penetrate the heavy armor. However, the huge force knocked many people off their horses, and then they were trampled to pieces by the surging iron hooves.
The soldiers who fired the crossbows immediately retreated to the end to reload the arrows. The second wave of soldiers immediately stepped forward to fire. Another wave of powerful arrows flew into the wave of iron armor, causing a similar situation to the previous one. Although the Iron Kites Army suffered some casualties,
, but the overall charge momentum has not been reduced much. The torrent of steel is coming and is still unstoppable.
Yan Yun's strong crossbow continued to block Xixia's steel torrent with three shots. Although it caused some losses to the Iron Kites army, it did not weaken the enemy's momentum much.
Unknowingly, the torrent of steel rushed in front of us. The tower shield hand took a bow and pressed his shoulder against the tower shield. The spearmen behind all leveled their spears, held their breath and pursed their lips to watch what was already close at hand.
The steel wave!
In the blink of an eye, the surging steel wave hit the Yanyun defense line heavily, like a stormy wave crashing on the shore, making a huge and heavy impact sound; countless tower shields and the soldiers behind were hit by the huge impact force.
It flew away, and countless spears failed to pierce the opponent's armor. Instead, they were broken into two pieces by the huge impact. The originally solid defense line was riddled with holes in an instant!
The powerful impact of the torrent of steel continued to press forward, and the already riddled defense line finally could not withstand it and collapsed completely. The torrent of steel roared and poured into Yanyun's army. Seeing this, the Xixia people who were watching the battle from behind,
She was so excited that she couldn't help shouting. Li Qingxia hurriedly said to Li Zongdao: "The whole army is pressing forward, and we must defeat the enemy in one go!" Li Zongdao promised loudly, and then shouted to the entire army: "Warriors of Xixia,
Please serve your Majesty at this time, follow me to fight, and defeat the enemy with one go!" The Xixia soldiers shouted, one wave after another, shaking the heaven, earth, mountains and rivers, it was really a rainbow of momentum!
Immediately, Li Zongdao took the lead and commanded 100,000 infantry troops to attack Yanyun's army. At the same time, General Li Yuantong led all the civilian troops to bypass Yanyun's flank.
The Xixia Iron Harrier Army broke through Yanyun's defense line in one fell swoop, and then attacked the Yanyun Army formation. However, their impact speed was completely eliminated at this time! As soon as the Iron Harrier Army entered the Yanyun Army Formation, only the Yanyun Army was in sight.
Quickly retreating, at the same time, thousands of majestic sergeants covered in iron armor and holding huge swords came towards them under the leadership of the warrior Yang Gui! Yang Gui took the lead and charged into the Iron Kites army, a pair of copper hammers whirring up and down, smashing
The iron kite soldier flipped on his back, blood and flesh flying everywhere. The heavy armor on the iron kite's body was as vulnerable as a piece of paper in front of his copper hammer. At the same time, the Mo Dao army wielded the Mo Dao, killing people and horses with power.
It was extremely violent, and the sword light swept across the enemy, causing blood to fly.
The Iron Harrier Army was the elite force of Xixia. Although they were suddenly attacked by a strong counterattack by the Yan Yun Army, they were not afraid at all. Instead, they aroused their bloodthirsty ferocity. They all howled and attacked desperately, fighting Yan Yun with big axes.
The Mo Dao soldiers of the army were flying in the air, with the sound of slashing and roaring. I saw the soldiers of the Mo Dao Army being chopped down to the ground by the heavy axes in their hands.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.