Chapter 122: The Wind Crosses the Yin Mountains and the Bank of the Yellow River (2)
"Your Majesty, General Li Zhongxiao led his troops to attack the west pasture of Wulahai City at night. The fodder there had been burned completely, and all the tens of thousands of Xia Army's horses inside were scattered. The Hetao area is vast, and if you want to close it,
It will take at least ten to eight days to come back."
Gao Shixuan reported.
"General Zhang Cunyi led his army to attack Nanfeng Castle and dispersed thousands of Xia army horses inside. The grain, grass and ordnance piled there were also burned by a fire."
"The Exotic Land Development of Vegetable-Growing Skeletons"
Zhao Si nodded, "Now it's up to us. Zhe Yanzhi, Yang Zongmin!"
"I'm here!" Zhe Yanzhi and Yang Zongmin, who were eager to try, responded quickly.
"Zhe Yanzhi led 5,000 cavalry as the left army, and Yang Zongmin led 5,000 cavalry as the right army. They attacked Wu La Hai City from both sides. The main task was to shoot all the rockets into Wu La Hai City."
"As you command!"
Looking at the excited faces of the two, Zhao Si nodded encouragingly, "The young eagle will grow up and fly one day. Today is the first time for you to lead the battle independently, deal with the situation as the opportunity arises, and fight the enemy bravely!"
"Here!"
Looking at the retreating figures of Zhe Yanzhi and Yang Zongmin, Zhao Si paused for a while and then started to call names again.
"Wang Shunchen!"
"I'm here!"
"You lead 10,000 cavalry as the middle route army to support them. Li Liangfu is a famous Xixia general. Although he is greedy for profit, he was confused by the Northern Liao merchant group disguised by the Military Intelligence Bureau. But now that the matter is coming, he will not
I will make mistakes again, and I should be able to perform at my due level."
Zhao Si explained patiently.
"The Xia army has 34,000 cavalry. Nanfeng Castle and Xipaochang have lost about 4,000. In addition to the loss of a large number of horses, the Xia army's cavalry that can mount up to fight is about 20,000 to 25,000. But they are all
They are the elite of the Xia army. They have been here to defend Bei Liao all year round and fight against many tribes in Mobei. They can be regarded as a brave and capable army."
"Wulahai City is their home field, and behind them is their capital - Xingqing Mansion. The location is favorable and the people are friendly. So we should not expect to defeat them with a single charge. Today's task is to remove the Xia army from Wulahai City
Drive them out, and continue to test them, creating chaos for them and looking for opportunities to defeat them."
"I understand!"
"Gao Shixuan"
"I'm here!"
"You lead the general reserve team and are ready to respond at any time."
"Here!"
"Yang is alive!"
"I'm here!"
"Protect this formation, and at the same time gather the red flag followers, ready to go out at any time."
"Here!"
"Zhao Long, Yu Wenxuzhong!"
"I'm here!"
"Protect the baggage camp."
"Here!"
"Li Gang, Zhao Ding!"
"I'm here!"
"Set up a field medical rescue camp, assemble the rescue team, and the burial team is on standby at any time."
"Here!"
Seeing that everyone received the tasks one by one, they went to prepare to carry out the tasks. Zhao Si waited for a while and said to Han Jia first: "Blow the trumpet and start the attack!"
"Here!"
Hundreds of horns were blown, and the grassland to the north of Wu Lahai City seemed to be blown by strong winds. The huge sound seemed to blow up the Yellow River in the south like a streamer.
Orihiko raised his right hand high, waving a long-handled sword, and rode at the front with the guards. Behind him were five thousand cavalry. They were wearing black leather armor and gathered together like a black river.
From the left, draw a long arc and go towards Wu Lahai City.
On the right, the spear in Yang Zongmin's hand drew a small circle in the air, as if it were a baton playing music. Behind him, five thousand black cavalry, following the rhythm of this baton, slowly moved forward.
When the left and right armies were less than three miles away from Wu Lahai City, Li Liangfu sent 6,000 cavalry into two groups to stop them.
Veteran general Li Liangfu quickly judged the Song army's intentions and drove his side out of Wu Lahai City.
The pastures to the west were burned, Nanfeng Castle was destroyed, and the connecting pontoon was also burned. In a radius of a hundred miles, the only support point for the Xia army was Wu Lahai City. The food, grass, and baggage were all here. Once they were driven out, Xia army would lose its support.
The army became a lonely ghost.
The cavalry also needs supplies of food and grass; people and horses need a place to rest out of the wind and rain; saddles and armor need to be repaired by craftsmen; the wounded also need a suitable place to treat... Without Wu Lahai City, there would be no all of the above.
Li Liangfu believed that the well-prepared Song army had its own camp in the rear to support itself. Once his army was driven out of Wu Lahai City, it would be completely at a disadvantage.
The troops were originally at a disadvantage, but they were beaten twice in the evening. If they were driven out of Wu Lahai City again, there was a 60-70% chance that they would be defeated.
After understanding this, Li Liangfu mobilized all the available cavalry. Most of the 23,000 cavalry were deployed in the east, west, north and west directions outside the city, with Wu Lahai City as their back, ready for battle.
The remaining nearly five thousand officers and soldiers without horses were converted into infantry troops and went up to the towers and walls to defend Wu Lahai City.
The Song army came from the left and right to cover up the enemy. Li Liangfu asked the messengers to wave their flags and called for the cavalry in the east and north of the city to send out 3,000 cavalry each to meet the enemy.
The four armies soon collided together and rolled up a thousand waves.
The Song Army's goal was very clear, which was Wu La Haicheng. After meeting with the Xia Army, they stopped entangled and continued to rush towards Wu La Haicheng.
The two Xia army cavalrymen quickly turned their horses' heads, biting and breaking, and the two groups of Song troops led by Yang on the left and right were chasing after them.
Seeing the opportunity, the general of the Xia army in the north of the city took five thousand cavalry in a circle, and Duotou came up to meet them. Together with the pursuing Xia army behind them, they vaguely surrounded Zheyan's five thousand cavalry Xuanwu Banner Army.
However, Yang Zongmin's right army collided with the 4,000 Xia army cavalry in the east of the city, stirring up the turbid water of the Yellow River.
Wang Shunchen led 10,000 middle route troops to suppress the formation from behind. He made a preliminary judgment on the battle situation ahead and felt that Yang Zongmin's right route army had a lot of room for maneuver.
Zhe Yanzhi's left army was not only pursued by troops behind them but blocked in front. Thousands of Xia troops from the west of the city were also slowly approaching, preparing to encircle the Song army on three sides.
Wang Shunchen sent the order without hesitation, and the entire Central Route Army launched an attack on the Xia army that blocked Yang Zongmin.
Ten thousand cavalry formed a huge triangle and charged in from the flanks. Like a flash flood, the 5,000 Xixia cavalry were rushed to pieces with an unstoppable surge.
After Wang Shunchen led his troops to disperse the five thousand Xia Army cavalry, he no longer stopped and launched a charge without saying a word towards the thousands of Xixia Army cavalry that were slowly approaching.
The two armies quickly strangled each other, and there were sounds of swords clashing and shrill cries of horses neighing everywhere.
The two actions of Wang Shunchen's troops helped Zheyan and the left route army to clear all obstacles in front.
"Prepare rockets!"
Upon hearing the order, the two thousand cavalrymen on the side of Wu Lahai City among the five thousand cavalrymen of the left route army took out torches from the pouches behind their saddles, lit them with torches, and raised them high with their right hands.
The comrades on the right took out the rockets tied with flammable materials from the special quivers, handed the arrows to the torches, lit them, immediately strung their bows, and shot out at the nearby Wu Lahai City.
After running along the city wall for nearly two miles and shooting tens of thousands of rockets into the city, Orihiko gave an order and the cavalry team turned their horses and returned along the original road.
The cavalryman holding the torch handed the torch to the comrades who turned to the side of Wu Lahai City, took out their own rockets, and followed the comrades in the middle, urging their mounts to run along the city wall, lighting fires and shooting arrows.
At this time, the Xia troops who came to support from the north and east of the city arrived, preparing to intercept and suppress Zheyan Zhibu.
Wang Shunchen immediately sent an order and his troops turned to cover Zheyan Zhibu's left flank.
The two cavalrymen walked almost parallel to each other, heading from the west gate to the north gate of Wu Lahai City.
The Xia army's encirclement and interception formation, which came to support, was broken up by the 10,000 cavalry led by Wang Shunchen. They were unable to threaten Orihiko Shibu who continued to fire rockets from the inside. They could only watch as they fired more and more rockets.
Go in.
As soon as the main force of the Xia army moved, Yang Zongmin, who was originally under little pressure and was looking for opportunities in the east area of the city, immediately discovered the gap and led his troops in without hesitation. Then he followed the Wulahai city wall from the west gate to the south gate.
direction, and shoot the rocket in the same way.
Mouning Keren stood on the north gate tower and watched the changes of the Song army on the battlefield. The more he looked behind him, the more frightened he became.
The three Song armies fought independently, but they advanced and retreated in a controlled manner and cooperated tacitly. Just like three cunning wolves, they led the Xia army back and forth, played with each other, and finally successfully completed their mission - to bring enough
The rocket shot into Wu Lahai City.
Wu Lahai City is not big, with densely packed houses and warehouses with piles of grain and grass everywhere. Tens of thousands of rockets flew in, and fires were seen everywhere in the city.
The infantrymen who were originally on guard on the city wall were ordered to go down to put out the fire.
However, in such a dry weather, there were not many fire-fighting facilities in the city. The hurried infantry could only watch the fire become more and more fierce.
Many generals and officers began to retreat outside the city, or to escape. They couldn't help but think of the legendary Liangzhou City that was burned by a raging fire for three days and three nights, and they just wanted to escape for their lives.
Seeing that the situation was over, Li Liangfu was furious and could only order the city to be abandoned. This chapter has been completed!