Fenghou

Chapter 675 Interception
At dawn, Brother Li Cha finally got the news that Xiping Mansion sent someone to send information overnight. Thirty miles south of Xiping Mansion, a large number of Song Army cavalry was found, at least [-] people, and the opponent's intentions were unknown.

Brother Li Cha has rich experience. The Song army cavalry found in Xiping Mansion must not be the army that attacked his manor. The distance and time are not the same. These are two armies. Adding the two together, the other party sent more than [-] troops.

Brother Li Cha immediately signed an order to transfer the [-] white armor troops outside the city into the city first.

Brother Li Cha immediately went to the palace to see the emperor.

Li Qianshun calmly listened to Brother Li Cha's report, and asked for a while: "What does the emperor think is the intention of the Song army going north?"

Brother Li Cha bowed and said: "Brother Qi, my brother thinks that the Song army sent cavalry northward, obviously not for the purpose of attacking the city, but if there is no benefit, they will not go north in a big way. After repeated consideration, the other party's intention should be Aiming at various manors outside the city."

"How much material wealth will these estates have?"

Brother Li Cha shook his head, "These dignitaries never tell the truth, and my ministers can't guess how much wealth they have, but they must have a lot of food, hey! These dignitaries would rather let the Song army take away the food than use it to support own army."

"Then watch the other party looting all the manor like this?
"Brother Huang, the Xiping Mansion has discovered that the other party has tens of thousands of cavalry going north. They will soon reach the Xingqing Mansion. If my brother guessed correctly, they are here to restrain us from sending troops to save the manor. My brother's opinion is to divide the troops into two groups." One way, the army went to rescue the manor, and the other army confronted the Song army, and even a fierce battle broke out, please make a decision, Brother Huang."

Li Qianshun sighed, "We have been fighting against the Song Dynasty for many years. It would be a great shame and humiliation to let the Song army come to the city. As the king of Xixia, I can't accept this kind of shame. My brother, let's send troops!"

"Your brother obeys the order!"

Brother Li Cha immediately dispatched [-] troops and ordered Li Liangfu, the commander of the capital, to lead [-] troops to rescue the manor. He personally led [-] troops to the south to intercept the cavalry of the Song Army.

Gao Ding led [-] cavalry to sweep all the way across the Hetao Plain of the Yellow River. It took only one day and one night to destroy ten manors, wipe out more than [-] Zhuangding people, liberate more than [-] Han slaves, and seize money, food, and wealth. There are millions of them, and there are also various property, armor, livestock, cattle and sheep, and there are [-] camels alone. At the same time, seventy-seven large flat-bottomed boats were also seized.

Gao Ding ordered [-] cavalry to be divided into ten teams, led by Tang Qian, to continue to sweep other small and medium manors, and the remaining [-] cavalry were responsible for transporting more than [-] Han slaves and a large amount of supplies to the west bank of the Yellow River.

At this time, the commander Zhao Xiaoyi led [-] camels to the west bank of the Yellow River. In addition to the captured camels, [-] camels carried money, food and supplies, and more than [-] flat-bottomed boats transported the elderly, weak, women and children. A mule and donkey also give the old man a ride.

Even so, half of the money, food, and materials could not be transported away. The Song army simply used more than [-] large-scale leather rafts seized to transport them. They set off on a leather raft. The team was more than [-] miles long, guarded by [-] cavalry, and headed south in a mighty way.

Li Liangfu once led an army of [-] to attack Ganquan Fort, and was defeated by Song Junhuo. After returning to Xixia, he remained silent, but Emperor Li Qianshun admired him very much. This time he was named Li Cha's deputy.

Li Liangfu is over [-] years old, but he is very efficient. He received orders in the morning and set off with an army of [-] at noon. Xingqing City is only five miles away from the Yellow River. In the middle of the West Yellow River is the vast and fertile Hetao Plain. Gaoding led more than [-] people to cross the West Yellow River, while Li Liangfu led his army to cross the East Yellow River.

Thousands of Xixia soldiers used leather rafts to build pontoon bridges. Tang Qian had always suspected that a large number of ferries were hidden in the city. In fact, this was not the case. Xixia did not have a water gate, and more than [-] large ships were all hidden in various manors. The Song army had already obtained them. There are more than two hundred and fifty ships, and there are not many big ships left.

But the pontoon bridge had just been built, and the troops hadn't boarded the boat yet. Suddenly, two large ships appeared upstream, each with dozens of soldiers of the Song Army on board. He shouted anxiously: "Soldiers rush up and shoot arrows!"

But it was too late. As soon as two thousand soldiers ran to the pontoon bridge, two large ships slammed into the pontoon bridge, breaking the pontoon bridge into three sections. The pontoon bridge burned rapidly.

Li Liangfu was dumbfounded, but they had a lot of leather rafts. Since it was not possible to build a floating bridge, he immediately ordered medium-sized leather rafts to be launched into the water. Six thousand leather rafts entered the Yellow River, and each leather raft carried four to five soldiers. The raft sailed to the opposite bank.

This move was really powerful, and the two big boats could only dodge far away. The surface of the Yellow River was covered with dense black spots. Although the river was more than ten miles wide, the wind was calm and the current was gentle, which was very suitable for boating.

In less than half an hour, most of the rafts gradually approached the opposite bank. At this moment, countless Song Army cavalrymen suddenly appeared on the opposite bank. They lit the reeds along the bank, and the fire ignited. Hundreds of rafts caught in the reeds were surrounded by fire, and there was no way forward or backward, and the soldiers jumped into the water to escape for their lives.

In the smog, Liu Qiong led the cavalry of the Song Army to shoot arrows, but their targets were the Xixia soldiers struggling on the rafts and water.

Generally, there is a wooden board on a leather raft, but the wooden board is relatively thin, and it does not act as a buoyancy, but only as a fixed support. Balance is very important for a leather raft, especially for a medium-sized leather raft that can accommodate four or five people. Once the sheepskin raft below leaks If you lose your breath, the whole raft will lose its balance.

Arrows were sent like rain, and the rafts continued to overturn, and the soldiers fell into the water.

The rafts in the rear turned around one after another and returned to the east bank. Except for a few soldiers who fell into the water and swam back to the opposite bank with their sheepskin bags, the remaining [-] soldiers who fell into the water were all shot to death by the Song Army cavalry, or drowned in the Yellow River.

For a while, Li Liangfu had no choice but to be intercepted by [-] cavalry on the other side.

The [-] Song Army cavalry appeared about [-] miles south of Xingqing Mansion. Chen Qing got the news from the scouts that the Xixia Army had dispatched troops. He immediately led a [-] backup army to the north. Twenty miles away from the [-] Song Army cavalry, Waiting for the war between the two armies.

At this time, the [-] army was divided into three square formations, arranged in an inverted "pin" shape in a wilderness, about ten miles in length, with a magnificent momentum, the autumn wind was strong, and the battle flags of the army were flying and fluttering.

A long black line also appeared in the distance, and Jin Wang Li Cha appeared leading the [-] Xixia army.

These [-] troops are all Xixia's elite cavalry, including his own [-] cavalry, [-] cavalry who retreated from Shazhou, and [-] cavalry from the Tuoba tribe. They are Dangxiang herdsmen recruited by various tribes. They are very weak-willed, and they turn around and retreat when encountering slight setbacks in the Yellow River.

The [-] Xixia army slowly approached, getting closer and closer, and the distance between the two armies was only three miles. At this moment, a cavalry rushed over and handed Liu Cui a warrant. Liu Cui checked the warrant, and it was from Chen Qing. Order, only four words, 'take the initiative to attack! '

Liu Cui drew out his sword and shouted, "Let the drums beat!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The earth-shattering drums sounded, and the [-] cavalry raised their spears and shields and shouted, and suddenly launched.

Brother Li Cha also raised his sword and shouted: "For Xixia's century-old glory, kill!"

'Woo-oo--'

The low-pitched horn continued to sound, and the [-] army was also mobilized, and the overwhelming Xixia cavalry rushed to meet the Song army.

(End of this chapter)