Fenghou

Chapter 700 Decisive Battle ([-])

Brother Li Cha's exciting period of power suddenly stopped. Hearing the news that the Song Army's [-] troops marched north, Brother Li Cha began to get nervous. Although he expected it, when this day really came, Brother Li Cha still Very worried.

After Wuyan Puluhun led his army to the east, he has not yet returned. In terms of time, he has not yet arrived in Taiyuan. Even if he rushed back without stopping, it may be too late.

How long can I hold on to the city, and can I hold on until the day when Uyan Puluhun rushes back with [-] reinforcements?Brother Li Cha doesn't have any confidence, but he has no choice, he can't just give up Xingqing Mansion and run away now!

Brother Li Cha is not afraid of death. At his age, what he is afraid of is the reputation behind him. Of course, he cannot give up Xingqing Mansion. Since he can't give up, how can he keep it?
Brother Li Cha really regretted it. When he excluded foreigners, he should have issued a protection order to protect some important people. More than a hundred Han craftsmen in the Military Weapons Supervision were driven out of the city because they were Han, especially the chief craftsman Jia Tong. The army was forcibly driven out of the city by the rebels, and their whereabouts are unknown.

The departure of more than a hundred Chinese craftsmen has resulted in the inability to manufacture many large defensive weapons, such as large trebuchets, etc. No one cares about this matter. It was not until today that Brother Richard discovered this big problem and made him regret it. beyond reach.

Brother Li Cha sighed, turned back to get out of the car without interest, at this moment, a soldier rushed to report, "Report to the lord, the spies found a Song army going north outside the city!"

Brother Li Cha was startled, and quickly asked, "How many people are there?"

"About [-] people are riding northward on horseback."

Those who ride horses are not necessarily cavalry, and infantry also ride horses instead of walking. Brother Li Cha thought about it, and he immediately understood that this was the Song army who was going to attack Dingzhou.

Brother Li Cha has already received information that the Song army is attacking Jingzhou, Huaizhou and Shunzhou, with [-] troops dispatched, so the [-] troops going north must be attacking Dingzhou.

Dingzhou is his hometown, and the soldiers' families are all in Dingzhou, and he still has [-] shi of grain in Dingzhou that he has not had time to transport.

If you want to fight a protracted war, food is a must, not to mention that the family members of the army are still in Dingzhou. If they are captured, it will definitely seriously affect morale.

Thinking of this, Brother Li Cha immediately said: "Let Li Yanwu come to see me!"

Not long after, Li Yanwu, the commander of the capital, hurried over, bowed and saluted, "See you, my lord!"

"Li Dutong, I just got the news that the [-] troops of the Song Army are going north, and they should attack Dingzhou. The city army is out of the city to assist you, [-] troops against [-] troops, I hope you will not let me down!"

Li Yanwu led the army and immediately went to the barracks to lead the troops. They still had to carry food and grass for five days. Brother Li Cha arranged [-] camels as their logistics support to carry the food and grass.

Two hours later, Li Yanwu set off with [-] cavalry and [-] camels, heading towards Dingzhou.
On a dark night, a cavalry force of [-] men was heading north at high speed. They were heading west to the Hetao Plain. Yang Zaixing led the [-] cavalry to cooperate with Tang Qian's [-] troops. They used the strategy of besieging the city to fight for aid and wiped out Brother Li Cha. A rescue army was dispatched.

Of course, Yang Zaixing did not get the news of Xixia sending troops, but he agreed with Du Tong's judgment. He also believed that Xixia would definitely send troops to Baoding Prefecture. Killing this elite army would ease their difficulty in attacking Xingqing Mansion.

It only took Yang Zaixing one day and one night to reach the northernmost part of the Hetao Plain, which is only [-] miles away from Dingzhou. The army found more than a hundred small boats hidden here in the reed marshes. These small boats were useless for transportation. , but can be used to build floating bridges.

The soldiers worked together. At dawn, a pontoon bridge was built, but Yang Zaixing did not order the soldiers to cross the Yellow River. He needed the exact information from the scouts. If the enemy army lay in ambush by the Yellow River, they would be attacked halfway.

After waiting for nearly an hour on the west bank of the Yellow River, a team of scouts came back. They had already contacted Tang Qian's army and brought news of the Xixia Army. The Xixia Army was about [-] miles northeast of them. cavalry composition.

Tang Qian was also thirty miles north of them, and the three armies happened to be in a triangle.

"General Tang is building a pontoon bridge to come to the Hetao Plain. What General Tang means is that we will wipe out the enemy troops on the Hetao Plain."

Yang Zaixing immediately realized that if Tang Qian's army wanted to cross the Yellow River, then the enemy army would also have to cross the Yellow River to intercept them, and the crossing position happened to be on his side.

Then there was no need for them to cross the Yellow River. Yang Zaixing immediately ordered: "Tear down the pontoon bridge!"

The pontoon bridge had no time to be completely dismantled, only half of it was dismantled, and the other half was left to hang by the river. Yang Zaixing led the army to the depths of the Hetao Plain.

About half an hour after they left the Yellow River, Li Yanwu also led [-] cavalry and [-] city defenders to the Yellow River. Of course, he was in control of every move of Tang Qian's [-] troops.

When the other party was about to build a pontoon bridge by the Yellow River, Li Yanwu knew that the other party had found him, and they wanted to evacuate to the west.

How could Li Yanwu let the opponent escape? He immediately ordered the [-] defenders in the city to leave the city to join him, and the army rushed to the Yellow River.

"General, there is half a pontoon bridge over there!" A soldier pointed to the other side of the Yellow River and shouted.

Li Yanwu nodded. This must be the pontoon bridge built by harvesting wheat some time ago. Only half of it was demolished, so there was no need to dismantle the other half.

Li Yanwu quickly ordered: "Immediately build a pontoon bridge with leather rafts and connect it with the pontoon bridge on the other side."

With the half pontoon bridge on the opposite side, the progress of the Xixia army was much faster. Soon a pontoon bridge with half raft and half boat was built, and the army quickly crossed the Yellow River.

At the same time, Tang Qian's [-] troops also crossed the Yellow River [-] miles to the north.

Li Yanwu has always been a well-known warrior in Xixia. He led [-] troops to garrison Shazhou, and beat the yellow-headed Uighur army to the ground several times. If the Song army hadn't invaded Xixia, Brother Li Cha had to call him back. Therefore, the Yellow-headed Uighur will probably withdraw from the Hexi Corridor under Li Yanwu's heavy blow.

Li Yanwu's style is very tough, he didn't hesitate at all, and he didn't need spies to investigate. After crossing the Yellow River, he went straight to the north.

This was beyond Yang Zaixing's expectation. After receiving the information, he immediately led his cavalry to chase after him. After running for more than ten miles, he heard the shouts of killing ahead. The Xixia army had already fought fiercely with the Song army.

The Xixia cavalry was extremely brave and their attack power was very sharp. In just a quarter of an hour, the Song army suffered hundreds of casualties.

Yang Zaixing was furious and shouted, "Brothers, kill them!"

"Ugh-"

The horn of the Song Army blew, and [-] Song Army cavalry rushed to the Xixia Army from behind.
The [-] people led by Yang Zaixing were also elite, and [-] of them were tiger and cardinal cavalry. They were also brave and good at fighting, and instantly tore a big hole in the enemy's formation and killed them.

Li Yanwu did not expect that the Song army would come from behind, and he was caught off guard. Forced to do so, he could only divide his troops into two groups and ordered [-] Shazhou troops to fight against the [-] Song army cavalry who came from behind. He continued to lead [-] cavalry. The army fought fiercely with [-] Song troops.

The battle lasted from morning to midnight, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. The first to be annihilated was the [-] Xixia city defenders. Most of the entire army was killed, and more than [-] people from the [-] troops were killed.

At this time, Li Yanwu's [-] Shazhou Army had only about [-] soldiers left. Seeing that the entire army was about to be wiped out, Li Yanwu led the last few thousand cavalry to escape from the encirclement and fled to the south. He led more than [-] cavalry to escape across the Yellow River and fled to Xingqing Mansion.

This battle was extremely tragic. More than [-] people from the Xixia Army died in battle, and the [-] Song Army also paid the price of [-] casualties, of which more than [-] were killed.

The Song army immediately crossed the Yellow River and occupied Dingzhou. Tang Qian led [-] soldiers to guard Dingzhou and healed the wounded soldiers. Yang Zaixing led the remaining [-] soldiers back to Lingzhou.

(End of this chapter)