Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 984: The Battle of the Transport Road

More than a dozen divine arm bows fired deadly arrows. The divine arm bows equipped with transfer paths were all basic models that had not been improved, but they were also extremely sharp. Unfortunately, the number was too small to form interceptive shots and suppress the horse army's attack. Shock can only be used for key defenses to support the archers.

The baggage transfer vehicle completed the defense, and the officials nervously waited for the moment of the decisive battle. It was the impact of the cavalry and infantry. Whether they could support the pillars for the first time was the key to not being slaughtered. Not everyone could be calm.

Just as the decisive battle was imminent, there was a loud horn sound. The Xia army's cavalry, which was originally aggressive, suddenly turned to the west. The movement was quite crisp and neat, without any muddy water. The entire cavalry gradually drifted away with the dust all over the sky.

Dang Xiong's eyes flickered as he watched Xia Jun leave. Even if Xia Jun Qianqi did not achieve suddenness, he would still be able to fight off half of Song Jun's food and grass.

Even if he can defeat the enemy, the price he will bear will not be small. Dang Xiong has decided to invest more than a hundred cavalry at the right time to buy time for the infantry. He can surround part of the Xia army and fight a partial annihilation battle to force the opponent Unable to bear the loss and retreat, this is desperate madness.

However, all doubts are not important, the important thing is that the war did not happen, the officers and soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, they finally sent away the God of Plague without resorting to force, and saved their lives, everyone secretly rejoiced in their hearts.

"So that's it, the opposing general is indeed a ruthless man!" Dang Xiong saw the dust billowing in the north, faintly blushing, and finally understood that his troops had come.

Of course, the opponent could come over and hit the logistics transfer force hard, but no matter how timely his response was, it would be impossible for the entire army to defend quickly.However, when the Song army's cavalry arrived, Xia's army could only fall into a hard fight, and the victory or defeat could not be known. It was his duty to attack the transfer line. As long as he entangled his immediate interests and ignored heavy casualties, it would be a failure.

What I want to say is that even when the Song army and horse army were extremely nervous, they did their best to requisition mules and pen horses to form a cavalry team of thousands of riders.

This kind of horse army cannot carry out long-distance raids, and it has no strategic significance, because neither mule horses nor captive horses have a strong outbreak, let alone long-lasting endurance, and can only be used for small-scale patrols. On the battlefield, after a few rounds, I'm afraid it won't last.

Fortunately, the other party didn't know the inside story, and found that the Song Army cavalry was coming, and decisively gave up the target and retreated.

He exhaled heavily, his tense nerves were relaxed, and his body was in pain again, and he said in a low voice, "It's dangerous."

Just as Dang Xiong expected, when Kan Xian launched the attack, he thought that he had designed it ingeniously, and the opponent thought it was his horse army. Unexpectedly, the opponent was not fooled, but moved quickly to form a defense of the infantry relying on the baggage carts. Not wanting to put in all the effort.I thought, this place is very close to Yaode City, and Song army troops can appear at any time, once they are entangled, it will suffer a big loss.

He has the confidence to defeat this supply unit, but he thinks that it will cost a lot, and this price is not what he is willing to bear
Just when he was hesitating, when the smoke and dust in the north rolled up, he realized that it was not good, and decisively ordered the whole army to turn around, quickly left the battlefield, and ran to the depths of the vast sea.

In this way, the battle on the road of transporting supplies never stopped. The Song and Xia armies had their own victories and defeats, and the Song army was generally passive.

In the face of Xia's harassment, Qu Duan did not send out the Ma Jun, nor did he send out the [-] Xiang Jun. He still stuck to the road and hid the real Ma Jun.

In fact, Wu Jie, the commander in chief of the middle road, was stationed in Yaode City to control the three armies. He did not rush northward, but carried out training and rest for the army.

This also caused Li Liangfu and Gu Lihei to be very depressed. According to their thinking, Wu Jie would definitely be overjoyed if he won Yaode City. There is a flat river in front of him, and he can directly reach Xiping Mansion.

However, Wu Jie was able to hold his breath and keep hoarding food and grass, and he looked like a big battle, which made Li Liangfu sure that the Southern Dynasty was constantly accumulating strength and was determined to launch a large-scale offensive against Xiping Mansion.

This is what they underestimated, and they never seriously considered that the Song army would stay in Yaode City for such a long time, and even give them time to strengthen the outer defenses of Xiping.

Judging the situation, Li Renxiao strengthened his confidence, and Ren Dejing also played the crown to celebrate. He was really afraid that Song Jun would follow up quickly.Now, Qu Duan and Wu Jie are concentrating their forces, and it is obvious that they want to attack Xiping Mansion. Now that the Song Army has put in all its strength, they can rest assured that this is by no means a precursor to a quick northward attack on Yanzhou by light troops.

More importantly, since the Song Army went deep into the vast sea, it has not demonstrated a strong horse army, that is, the horse army attached to the three armies, and the horse army of the Guangrui Army is not enough.

Obviously, the offensive on the west road and the bitter battle on the east road took up a large number of horse troops. The Song army saved food and grass in the middle road and only wanted to march safely, which also showed that the transfer channel was weak.

So what if you can see it?As long as the Song army dared to continue going north, the battle line would be stretched by half. Between Yaode City and Xiping Mansion, there was no city to support it.

Because, Gu Lihei and other generals in front saw that the original plan to let the Song army arrive at Yaode City and then attack the opponent's transfer channel did not seem to be ideal.

From Yaode City to Huanzhou, there are Mengjing and Pule City as the support in the middle, and Weizhou and Qingyuan Military City as the two wings. It seems that the transfer channel is very long, but there are many protections. The area where the Ma Jun can calmly set up an ambush There are not many, and the Song army's defenses are relatively calm.

For so many days, the Xia army only successfully attacked five or six times, causing some damage to the Song army, but it did not shake its foundation.If the Song Army really hesitated to intimidate the Xiping Mansion, and the Xia Army really wanted to maintain a certain strength, that would be a real tragedy.

Therefore, under Ren Dejing's suggestion, Li Renxiao once again made up his mind to adopt the strategy of luring the enemy to go deep, reduce the attack on the Song army's transshipment passage, let the Song army think that the passage is safe, and let them attack Xiping Mansion as soon as possible.

For this reason, Li Renxiao decided to launch the eastern offensive in advance, organizing troops to attack the northwest camp in Yanzhou.

The Song army did not stop either. The Northwest camp gathered troops to resist, but Xie Qian restrained the two camps and tried his best to sweep them up.

The Fifth Battalion counterattacked the Brave Army Division in the Left Chamber, defeating tens of thousands of Xia troops in one fell swoop, and Shizhou was completely controlled by the Song army.The Sixth Battalion launched a reverse attack, concentrating the strength of the two armies to join forces at Niuxinting, defeating 2 Xia's army, killing Wu Nuer, the commander of the capital, and forcing the guards of the Mu family in Longzhou to lead the army to surrender.

(End of this chapter)