Chapter 435 Vulnerable

The so-called tens of thousands of people, boundless. The cavalry team of more than 2 people, surrounded by captured horses, spread out according to the charge formation, and the scene was extremely spectacular.

The knights were carrying spears, and their figures rose and fell with the horse's back. There was no fear in their eyes, but there was no firmness either. Some of them were just numb.That's because they killed too many people, cut down too many livestock, and accompanied them with blood all day long in the past year, which brought about their disregard for the lives of others and their own lives.

The chaotic sound of horseshoes, I don't know when the rhythm is synchronized, and there is a clatter.Trembling the earth, swinging far away.Amidst the raging wind and the setting sun like blood, a long, borderless black shadow appeared on the horizon, entered the field of vision of the Xixia defenders who were forming an formation outside the city, and stopped five miles away, with a chilling air rise.

Not long after the Northern Army moved eastward, Xixia's scouts had already received the news.No one thought that this army would really attack Xingqing Mansion, but at this time, with a large encirclement of dozens of kilometers, it was too late to come over.

Looking at the cavalry arrayed in the distance, and the infantry at least 5 people beside him, Wang Yan was not surprised why the front line was beaten fiercely, and there were still so many troops here.

Because this is easy to understand, he basically drove most of the people to the big cities in the south, and Xixia is all soldiers, and at this time of life and death, they have to go to fight if they can't eat enough.Therefore, the men of Xixia basically went to the battlefield in their teens.Moreover, all the soldiers and horses fighting against the Liao Kingdom in the east were also transferred to the south.Therefore, there is no shortage of soldiers, but the quality is reduced.

On the other hand, it is not that there are no cavalry units in the Song Dynasty, but the elite units formed into the system are only the Northern Army.If the northern army can be completely wiped out, on the one hand, morale will be weakened, on the other hand, it will weaken the Song Dynasty.After all, if the Fubei Army were let go, and after going out to rest and recuperate, they turned around and rejoined the frontal battlefield, it would definitely not be a joke.So this time it was serious, taking the country's oppression on the table, Xixia would rather give up part of the frontline battlefield and retreat, but also deploy troops to wipe out the Northern Army.

Therefore, if this battle destroys the Fubei Army, then Xixia will have room to relax and toss for a while.If it can't be destroyed, then Xixia will be finished this time.

This is the largest team battle since the Beibei Army was born.When encountering such a lineup before, they would run away without any hesitation.It's gone now, the rear has been cut off, and there is nowhere to run.There is a high probability that there is no time to arrange these things such as tripping ropes and traps. Of course, if they are arranged, there is no way but to rush.In a really tough battle, if the Fubei Army can survive thousands of people in the end, with these people as the foundation, the Fubei Army can be regarded as the absolute number one light cavalry unit in the world.

As for saying that the whole army was wiped out, that is just an adjective.Xixia couldn't do it if he wanted to kill all of them, and some of them would flee anyway.Anyway, he can't die, but it's not easy to go back and deal with Zhao Ji.

"The order was sent to the two wings to send 5000 troops from the two armies to support the attack. The rest of the people thought that they would be the forwards and line up the front line."

As his words fell, the generals around him waved flags to send a message. Soon, as the flag was conveyed, 5000 people were separated on each side of the army formation. After a brief confusion, they quickly formed a formation for the formation. Attack successively.

The flanks have to detour, run far away, mainly attack the infantry on the flanks, divide the battlefield, and destroy the enemy's formation.Wang Yan looked at the smoke and dust on the left and right, and said without turning his head: "The outcome of this battle is unpredictable, you two have to follow closely. If you fall off the horse, you will either be trampled to death by the enemy or your own people. .”

He said to the two supervisors behind him that the safest position in the entire army formation was behind him.After all, he was slashing in front, and there was a gap between the army formations, so there was always a vacuum behind him, which was the key to the survival of the two superintendents.

Hearing Wang Yan's words, the two of them agreed, holding the saber in one hand, and firmly grasping the rein with the other, twisting their buttocks back and forth on the saddle, and pushing their feet firmly into the stirrups. The enemy army, anyone who sees it is numb.

Seeing that the opposite side changed formation and began to shoot arrows, but the cavalry in the middle did not move, Wang Yan casually pinned Ma Shuo to the groove on the saddle, then picked up the tied bow, and took three arrows in his hands.Following his movements, the cavalry behind him followed suit and were all unified.

When the dense clattering sound behind him stopped, Wang Yanha, with his legs between his legs and the horse's belly, rushed out of the formation and began to speed up.The soldiers in the rear followed tacitly, and at the same time drew their bows and arrows, and began to release according to their calculations.

At a distance of five miles, there are soldiers coming from the opposite side, and the three rounds of arrows are almost right.Of course, the opposite side is also shooting arrows, it's all mutual.Those who were unlucky were shot by horses, and those who were not unlucky were shot by people. They all died in different ways.Fortunately, the battle formation is reasonable, and there will be no situation where one horse falls and delays the people behind, and the direction can be adjusted in time.

He rushed forward with the arrow in his hand, and after firing three arrows in a row, Wang Yan calmly bent down, pinned the bow so that it would not fall off, and then picked up the Zhangba Mashuo on the horizontal horse's back, clamped it under his arm, and his body was slightly bent. Fu, slammed into the oncoming enemy army fiercely.

In this era, the beginning of the cavalry is of course a fierce general.Just like the left and right wings he sent out just now, one leader is Lu Junyi, and the other is Dong Ping. They are not fierce, and they don't have the indomitable momentum. They can't be the vanguard. This is a general.

Wang Yan was not interested in knowing who the opponent was rushing towards. He was just staring at the enemy general from a distance. The two sides had a tacit understanding of holding weapons between their bodies and adjusting their angles. This was a psychological battle, and there was only one chance. psychological warfare.Look at the prediction, look at the guts, whoever loses will die.But the enemy general may be disappointed, because he is always the one who wins.

The enemy general is still changing the trajectory of the spear before the battle, trying to confuse the judgment. It may be useful to others, but it is useless to Wang Yan.I saw him swinging Ma Shuo across a wide range, and in the eyes of the enemy general in disbelief, he pushed away the scheming spear point that was constantly shaking, and then directly pierced him in the stomach.The quality of this armor is good, although the defense is broken, but only some will be pierced in, the enemy will give up his weapon under the pain, and hold the gun head in his stomach with both hands.

At this time, he was already in the air...

The principle of leverage is there, and a weapon more than four meters long can be tucked under the armpit by the arm, let alone move in a wide range like him.Although there are many people who can do it, after all, it is a war, not just doing that, so it is a great test for the reasonable distribution of physical strength.There are very few people who are as fierce as Wang Yan, and they are so relaxed and freehand, with great strength and swiftness, they are caught off guard.

Wang Yan didn't stop at all, forcibly using the impact force and his own strength, he led the enemy to bump his body into the soldier who was following up in the back row, and the soldier who hit him directly fell off his horse. The subordinates behind Wang Yan followed the horse, and the horse's foot with the horseshoe on it stepped on the face with a click...

Picking, poking, poking, he doesn't need to kill all the enemies in front of him. In fact, as long as he disrupts the balance of the incoming enemy, the men who follow him will naturally hack him to death before the enemy soldiers recover.His efficiency is very high, like a real arrow, sweeping away the enemies in front of him without hesitation.

The hedging of ten thousand cavalry is only a matter of a moment.Soon, Wang Yan pierced through the enemy army, but he didn't stop, because there were still infantrymen holding shields and spears behind them.

Wang Yan was not afraid. He directly threw Ma Shuo in his hand vigorously, piercing through the shield and nailing the soldier behind him to the ground. His horse was also fearless, and jumped high, stepping on the shield fiercely. On top of that, as for the cold spear, there is nothing to be afraid of.Because most of their war horses are covered with a layer of light armor on the front, just to avoid being injured in a frontal collision.

He picked up Ma Shuo who was nailed to the ground, held it with both hands, and slammed it on the head of the enemy soldier.Although the long weapon is not easy to use at this time, it is undeniable that it is more powerful.He is an expert at playing with guns, and he basically doesn't hit other places, either hitting his head, picking his head, or sticking his head.To deal with such small infantry, one shot at a time.

Even the two supervisors who followed closely behind him held their sabers sideways to see who would point their backs.The two of them couldn't move, so they took advantage of the speed of the horse and stabbed with the blade facing outward.The saber is already sharp, and with the addition of speed, this kind of soldier basically forms a row with one stroke. This is the advantage of cavalry over infantry.

At this point, Wang Yan already understood that Xixia was going to be gone.Although this is the first time such a large-scale team battle, he can also see the quality of the soldiers.The troops fighting against them now, whether cavalry or infantry, are not very effective in combat.He can see that the old brings the new, but the old brings too much new, which is the crux of the problem.From this point of view, Xixia is at the end of its rope.

Of course, maybe their real elites may not be able to intercept him from behind. After all, strategy can go in four directions, true and false, false and true.Just like he doesn't know where the way out is, the enemy doesn't know where he will go, let alone the most difficult place for him to go.

Now it seems that his luck is good.

As the slaughter proceeded like cutting leeks, the troops on the two wings finally came in from the side, and then, without giving orders, they made a big turn without saying a word, and continued to slaughter in the newly divided battlefield.

It was also at this time that Xixia's army began to collapse.

People have their own judgments about the situation on the battlefield.Seeing that Wang Yan led the team to kill through the cavalry, like a tiger running into a flock of sheep, he swung his Ma Shuo, and some people were even blown away.With so many people dead, even the North Army's horse speed couldn't be slowed down, and they were about to be killed, how could there be any more fights?Why don't you run away and wait to be picked up?

Therefore, the people behind the army formation became more and more frightened the more they watched, they dared not swing their swords forward, they didn't want to die, the only way was to turn around and run away.

There are supervisors in the rear, and they also know that this group of soldiers is not good enough, and they also know that the opponent is strong, so they fulfill their duties and cut down anyone who runs away.

At the beginning, it did scare some people, but seeing Wang Yan lead the people closer and closer, more and more people were scared, so they broke through the supervisor team and started running towards the city gate.More and more routs drove more and more people to flee, and of course the whole army was routed.

Without chasing down the city as a target, Wang Yan led the team to a big flick. After killing a bunch of fleeing routs sideways, he asked his subordinates to wave flags and send orders to turn their horses around and head straight south.

The cavalry behind them ignored it.There are still many soldiers and horses behind, and they can't attack the city now, so there is really no need to entangle, and it is reasonable to run quickly.

The current situation is much better than he imagined. The Western Xia soldiers' combat effectiveness is too poor, and they were forming formation when they first arrived, which shows that they are not fully prepared.In this case, there is no need to go north and make a big circle before going back. Taking advantage of their unpreparedness, it is the best policy to poke them out from behind.

Xixia's cavalry suffered almost half of their damage in the confrontation just now, and the rest of them did not dare to continue chasing.Therefore, Wang Yan led the Fubei army and horses, and headed straight for Jingzhou, which is not far away, no matter how dark it was.

The last time I communicated with Yang Jian was a month ago, and Xixia has such an arrangement today, the battlefield ahead must have changed a lot, and he doesn't know about these things.What he told Yang Jian was just the grand strategy, which place to take, how to force Xixia step by step, etc. Besides, how many troops and how to dispatch them are not his business, and those generals will supplement them.

Yang Jian doesn't know anything, all he can do is nod his head in agreement, and endorse the actions of his generals.At the same time, strive for logistics, prevent the civil and military officials behind from being greedy too much, and ensure the supplies of the army.Only by accomplishing these two points, Yang Jian is already a qualified commander-in-chief, throwing Tongguan Bajie.

Tong Guan is too greedy. Originally, as the coach, no matter how he fights, as long as he wins, he will have credit.But Tong Guan is shameless, and even competes with his subordinates, wanting to let his cronies take over, he is not satisfied.

After searching for the way all night, Wang Yan, who only crossed the river the next morning, found outside the city of Jingzhou that the Song army had already arrived in Jingzhou and was camping [-] miles away to rest, and Yang Jian and Zhong Shidao were here. .

Hearing that there was a large group of cavalry coming, they were naturally on guard, but after Wang Yan took out his general with the character of king and tied the North Army flag on his spear, they avoided misunderstanding and no one of his own fought.

"My son-in-law, you've come back with all your needs. You don't even know that in the past year, the officials have been asking questions every three days, and letters from Changdiji have been sent to us one by one. , are worried about you."

Yang Jian led Wang Yan's horse in person very enthusiastically, his enthusiasm was unbelievable.First, he took Wang Yan's money.Secondly, anyone who understands can see that Xixia will be destroyed this time, and he is the commander in chief. When this battle is over, Tong Guan will be nothing.This is his great benefactor, and he must be taken care of.

Next to him was a seventy-year-old teacher, looking at Yang Jian's licking face, and comparing it again, he couldn't help but secretly sighed to himself that although he looked humble, he was actually aloof. thing.But he has no problem with Yang Jian. After all, he has worked with Tong Guan before. In contrast, Yang Jian is so serious.

Wang Yan waved his hand: "Okay, let's make some arrangements, let the soldiers of the Beibei Army settle down, boil water for a bath, and greet them with good wine and food."

"Don't worry, my son-in-law, we have already made arrangements to ensure that the meritorious soldiers will eat and drink well."

"How are the wounded who were sent back before recovering?"

In the previous battle, although the enemy army was unbearable, their losses were not small.Only more than 4000 people came back, and the rest stayed there.Xixia definitely won't kill them all, but I don't know how they will be treated, let's see fate.

"Those who can fight are now guarding with those heavy cavalry in Xiliang. Those who can't fight have been sent back to their hometowns to raise them. The pension money has also been sent back. We watched it personally and made up a lot of it. I also said hello and promised not to treat them harshly."

"Write them a letter, tell them to go east and get closer to this side." Turning his head and ordering his own soldiers, Wang Yan looked at the seed teacher at the side and said, "The old gentleman looks so energetic."

"The general's demeanor is even better than before." Master Zhong said with a laugh: "General, don't talk too much here, go and clean up the dust first, the food and wine are ready, let's talk while eating."

It is true that alcohol is not allowed in the army, but Wang Yan waited for the return of the Northern Army soldiers to drink as much as they should.Besides, even if the whole army drinks together, according to his understanding, even if they report it, nothing will happen, this is the real thigh.

After washing up, in the Chinese army's tent, apart from Yang Jian and Zhong Shidao, other generals who were qualified to sit at the same table all came to welcome Wang Yan and report the situation to Wang Yan.They all know who the real boss of this battle is, and judging from the current situation, they also very much recognize the strength of the boss.They are all eager, after all, this is a great achievement for destroying the country.

While eating and drinking, while listening to people's narration, Wang Yan can be considered to have a certainty about the current overall battlefield situation.

The southeast and northwest of Ningxia have all been defeated by the Song Dynasty, and they have reconnected with the Liao Kingdom in the east.Now it can basically be regarded as surrounded on three sides, only the north has not moved.It was also because Xixia dispatched troops to besiege the Fubei Army this time, and the front line lost a large area of ​​territory.Now that this battle has failed, it can be said that Xixia is already cold.

Although Xixia still has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, that is because the Song Dynasty army is carrying out a war of attrition, slowly forcing them. them.It is to rely on the consumption of resources to gradually compress the living space of Xixia.Having more soldiers is not a good thing, Xixia can't stand it anymore.

It was also Wang Yan who didn't want to kill all the men of Xixia, because all the people of Xixia were soldiers, and if there were no soldiers, there would be no men.It is all labor, there is no need to waste it, and it also caused mass casualties on our own side...

Zhong Shidao took a sip of his wine, he was old, his health was failing, and he couldn't drink too much, which meant to Wang Yan, he asked the key question: "General, wasn't the original plan to come back from Xiliang? Why are you in Jingzhou now?"

After listening to Wang Yan's description of the situation, he pondered for a moment and said, "I guess the bridges across the river should have been cut off at this moment, and maybe the Li family has already gone north, either to Uighur or to Mongolia. They still have some wealth and soldiers in their hands, so they can protect themselves, it's a pity..."

Of course Wang Yan thought about this, but he didn't know the specific situation on the battlefield at the time, otherwise he would have gone north to Helan Mountain as originally planned.In fact, the greatest possibility is that when they were heading east, the members of the Li clan had already run away.If there is an intention to surrender, when their soldiers break up, someone will try to surrender.Even if they hesitated at that time, when they came back, they should send people to Jingzhou to study the matter of surrender, but now there is enough time, but there is no movement from Xixia, and they can only run away.

He shook his head and smiled: "It's no pity, they can't run away. Now there are no Xixia people in the northwest, and the Uighurs dare not take a step over. With the Mongolian tribes, when we take down the Xixia land and open up trade routes, we still have to follow them." As long as we tell those tribes who are in the cattle and sheep business, the Li clan will come to Bianjing to dance for Jinshang."

When Wang Yan said this, everyone who was pity for not catching the enemy's monarch laughed loudly at this moment, and stopped studying those useless things.

If you want to say that people really have to improve, look at the group of people who are doing this. They used to think that they could win the battle and not be tossed by the civil servants.Now that Xixia is destroyed, it is regrettable that it cannot catch the enemy's monarch. This is progress, a great progress.

When asked about his next action plan, Wang Yan shook his head and smiled. He knew that these people were afraid of not being satisfied and taking credit for it.After all, now that Xixia is about to perish, as long as you lead troops to surround a few cities, no one will die. When the food and grass in the city are exhausted, people will naturally offer the city. There will be no accidents. It is time to share the fruits.

He replied that after recuperating for a few days, the Northern Army stayed behind to coordinate operations, and he brought his own soldiers back home, hello, hello, hello everyone...

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