Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 983

Without any consideration, Feng Yuan said decisively: "The two armies are each other's horns, and we will fight to the last person."

Without any pretense, let alone a clear date, it is a declaration that is more powerful than a guarantee, and it will never take a step back.

Gao Ping didn't speak, a trace of complexity flashed deep in the corner of his eyes.

"Taiwei, then go and have a look, the Tianwu Army is ready to go to battle." Feng Yuan was obviously worried when he saw that Gao Ping was silent.

"Oh, to fight?" Gao Ping was startled, and stared at Feng Yuan in astonishment, as if he was looking at a monster, and it was too late to defend, yet you still wanted to fight.

It was evening, the sky above the vast sea was still gray, the wind was very cold, and in the endless wilderness and sandy land, a transport convoy was struggling on a simple path.

There are several miles of convoys, thousands of transfer vehicles, thousands of civilian husbands and escorts, and some cavalry knights before and after.

This is the transfer road for the Song Army, extending from Huanzhou to Yaode City. The entire road is protected by divisions, and the township army and a small number of imperial troops take turns to escort them to ensure the safety of the transfer road.

Some horsemen began to complain that the convoy was as slow as a turtle, and it took so many days to travel a hundred miles. If they hadn't arrived at Yaodecheng soon, they couldn't stand it anymore.

Dang Xiong was very irritable. He straddled his horse without saying a word, and led a hundred horsemen to explore the way. Normally, he should rest in the rear now, but the army in the middle has advanced more than a hundred miles, and the troops are quite tense. His injuries If it is not completely well, it will go into battle.

It was also because the troops were relatively tense, especially the lack of experienced generals of the imperial army, that he was able to rejoin the team, but his face was gloomy and irritable, and he rode in front of the team without saying a word.
However, he did not return to the combat unit of the imperial army, but was temporarily in the logistics transfer unit directly under the Western Guard, and the official was still the battalion commander.Seeing his colleagues in the past fight and make meritorious deeds in front of him, and constantly get promoted, while he is living on the transfer line, it is really boring, and his mood has become very bad.

Zhiqi followed cautiously, the command made the Lord feel bad, he was afraid of being whipped accidentally, but he still had to do his duty, and said in a deep voice: "Taiwei, the front is the periphery of Yaode City, should you camp and rest. "

The new military system of the Song Army stipulated that troops above the battalion should be equipped with military flags, and the selection of Ren Zhiqi, who is capable of martial arts and martial arts, can be regarded as the first effect of the battalion.

Now that they are on the outskirts of Yaode City, they are much safer. At least Yaode City is the closest rear of the Song army's main force, so they can rest in peace.

Dang Xiong snorted heavily, and said displeasedly: "The more dangerous it gets to the end, don't forget the lesson."

The corner of Zhiqi's mouth twitched. Dang Xiong was talking about the reality. Not long ago, a transfer team was approaching the border of Yaode City. Everyone thought that the place where the three armies of the Song Army were stationed would not dare to come even if Dangxiang was even ten courageous. They rested carelessly and did not send out security forces.

Unexpectedly, the Xia army's cavalry attacked during the day, and the Song army was caught off guard. The battle was too tragic, more than [-] transfer vehicles were burned, and hundreds of people died in battle.Even when they passed by, there were still battle relics, and the scene was shocking.

These days, there was no attack, and everyone was relaxed, and it was still nerve-wracking to be mentioned by Dang Xiong.

Dang Xiong is not in the mood to talk too much, and there is still more than 50 miles to reach Guancheng. Although there are sporadic horsemen, it cannot guarantee that the party members will not see every stitch, so he has to be extremely vigilant.

However, after a long journey, his old wounds were aching. Fortunately, he didn't need to wear heavy iron armor, he only needed to use cotton armor from Shuchuan.

The weather in Shaanxi is dry and there is little rain, coupled with the large number of township troops, iron armor is very expensive, and it is not easy to move around. Leather armor and cotton armor have become good choices. As for paper armor, the imperial army does not even think about it. It is a city Defensive use, not conducive to field combat.

Not to mention the leather armor, those high-quality cotton armors were even better than the iron armors, they could keep warm in winter battles, and were very popular among officials, and his body could just bear it.

"Not quite right!"

And when he looked south subconsciously, he saw the sky in the southwestern direction with sand and mist, which seemed to be thicker than other directions. His experience told him that there was a small horse team galloping in the direction of Yodok City. .

"Oh, Taiwei, it may be the horse army transferred from the north." Zhiqi also saw that the troops coming from the south were probably not the Xia army, and they hadn't the guts to attack Yaode City.

"No, order to stop advancing and get ready for battle." Dang Xiong shook his head, and his intuition told him that it was not easy. He had never heard of reinforcements for the horse army, and even if there were, he would protect the transit troops.

Not long after, more than a hundred cavalry from the township army gathered, and some infantry relied on the baggage carts to set up a guard formation and put up big signs to prepare for battle.

Dang Xiong rode his horse to the south end, looked at the horse team that was galloping, but saw that the other party had dispersed and quickly outflanked in a line formation, clearly an attack.There was a happy smile on the corner of his mouth, and he said loudly: "Sure enough, something is wrong. All teams are ready to fight and protect the luggage."

Kan Xian looked around the entire battlefield with the eyes of tigers and wolves. He was ordered by Gu Lihei to lead more than a thousand cavalry to undertake the attack mission. There were five or six troops like him who took turns to attack the Song army. Fighters can also combine attacks.

The attack more than ten days ago was the result of his victory. It almost wiped out the Song Army's transfer team, caused thousands of stones of grain and grass to be burned, and hundreds of Song Army's rural soldiers were killed in battle.Today, he came back with a carbine and was still in the south of Yaode City. He adopted a strategy from south to north to launch an attack on the Song army's transfer troops. Seeing that the opponent was huge, it was obviously an excellent target.

"Attention, the vehicles cooperate with each other to form a circular defensive formation, and intercept them with bows and arrows." Dang Xiong understands that these local soldiers are not weak in combat effectiveness, but they lack combat experience. People suppressed.

Just as he expected, the local soldiers on the edge of the village were powerful, and some veteran troops were even stronger than the Forbidden Army, which made Xia Jun frightened.

However, most of the local soldiers responsible for the transfer are from the military prefecture in the interior of Shaanxi Road. They also receive military training, but they do not have a harsh living environment. Many people find it difficult to bear psychologically. People were trembling, and even more people's crotches were wet.

Xia Jun's cavalry was divided into several teams and entered the range of the Song Army's bow and arrow. Dang Xiong gave an order, and the officials guarding the convoy shot with bows and arrows one after another.

Bows and crossbows were widely used in the Song Army, [-]% had crossbows and [-]% had bows. Almost everyone in the township army was good at shooting. Bows and arrows were not as lethal as crossbows, but they were better than the rain of arrows, which was quite a threat to light cavalry.

(End of this chapter)