I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 348
The soldiers of the Eastern Route Army who entered the Central Route Army's war zone this time were only slightly more than [-]% of the original Eastern Route Army, and most of the troops stayed in the Eastern Route Defense Area.

Prevent the Xixia cavalry from advancing eastward, and at the same time advance westward after the final siege begins.
Zhong Er didn't think that the Xixia people still had much chance to fight back under the situation of the large-scale encirclement and suppression that had already been formed.

However, His Royal Highness's sentence that he will kill and never let him make him cautious.

In fact, when Zhao Xi allocated the chariots and wheel cannons to the east and west routes, he had objectively limited the marching speed.

There is no dedicated Zizhong transportation team, which slows down the advancement of the entire team.This was specially arranged by Zhao Xi.

Rapid advance, of course, can kill a large number of Xixia people, but at the same time, it will also make the soldiers exhausted in continuous combat, and there will be a possibility that they will be exhausted by the Xixia cavalry in the end.

Throughout the war zone, Zhao Xi had ambushed the troops in advance, and the Xixia people had to collect food and grass in villages, towns and military strongholds.Even a slow advance is enough to bite the scattered Xixia cavalry.There is no need to let the soldiers expand and lose at this last trembling.

Even with such a slow advance, the Eastern Route Army had only marched to the east for twenty miles, and they had already seen Xixia Rangers.

It's a pity that the Xixia people are not stupid, let alone such a huge team, just talking about the chariots and wheel guns, the Xixia people also fled.

"Brother Ying, this won't work. The western bandits have already been scattered. We have tens of thousands of soldiers, not to mention the speed of advance. Even with this scale, it is difficult for the western bandits to fight us."

"I suggest that we split up. Brother Ying, I, and Commander Cao each lead a team of [-] people. While the general direction to the east remains unchanged, each chooses a route and pursues the Xixia stragglers."

"Agree!"

"Seconded!"

Not to mention that Zhe Jizu was used to leading troops independently, even Cao Lin also had the idea of ​​leading troops alone.

This point, Zhao Xi has long expected.

Not to mention the East Route Army, just take the West Route Army's own uncle, after the general trend has been formed, he will never be reconciled to being controlled by Guo Kui all the time.

Fortunately, the entire battle zone has been arranged in advance, even if there are 5000 people, as long as there is a war, there must be an ambush within ten miles of the same force in advance, so no team will fall into a situation of fighting alone.

This time, the Xixia people were claimed to be 50, but on the Guochao side, the actual number of troops invested was nearly 50.

Even if the middle road was advancing northward, Zhao Xi also divided the team into three teams.

It was said to be a large-scale siege, but in fact it was a large-scale melee with a radius of hundreds of miles.

Liu Wu led nearly 3000 remnants of Xiaoguan's defense of the city.

After holding back for a long time, I can finally fight again.Although it was only two hours away from Niujiaping, Liu Wu led the team to set off when he saw the signal fireworks.

Can't help it.

Niujiaping is located on the west bank of the Hulu River, surrounded by mountains and rivers, a small village with beautiful scenery.

It's just that because of the war, the villagers have fled to the mountains, and there is no trace of human smoke.

"Commander, why did you ask us to come here? There are still no thieves!"

Lying on the ridge on the west side of Niujiaping, looking at the dark village below the mountain, there was no sound at all.How can there be any Xixia people?

The soldiers asked Liu Wu, and Liu Wu also wanted to know.

Although it was said that the military order arrived at Mao's time, and they arrived two hours earlier, it was obvious that there was no one in Niujiaping Village, not to mention Xixia cavalry, even the villagers.

Could it be that some of my own people have to wait here again?
Liu Wu was not clear about the next order. Gu Cheng said that he would meet up in Niujiaping and continue to fight side by side...

"Rest on the spot and wait for Maoshi!"

Even though Liu Wu didn't know, he had to pretend to be confident.

He himself is like this, and he can't let the soldiers under him get irritable. He feels that the next step should be very difficult.

Perhaps it was the appearance of the signal fireworks that reassured Liu Wu, anyway, he had been sleeping deeply for a while.

"Boom... Boom..."

Awakened by a burst of explosions, Liu Wu turned over in a jerk, and looked down the mountain...

Niujiaping has been beaten into porridge.

There are nearly two thousand Xixia cavalry in the center, and the front and rear ends of Niujiaping Village are all soldiers of our own side.

The east side of Niujiaping is facing the river. Under the bombardment of gunpowder bombs on both sides, the Xixia cavalry had no choice but to retreat to the mountain ridge...

Liu Wu suddenly woke up,
"Brothers...drop the bomb! Kill!"

Being condescending, even throwing stones can have considerable lethality, let alone gunpowder bombs.

In an instant, the Xixia cavalry, who had already rushed to the foot of the mountain, were stunned by the sudden explosion of gunpowder bombs on the mountain ridge.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The gunpowder bombs opened the way, and the Xiaoguan defenders, who had rested in the middle of the night, rushed towards the foot of the mountain...

At the same time, the soldiers on both sides also stepped up their attacks...

After a while, nearly [-] Xixia cavalrymen were killed or injured.

……

Cao Lin was the first independent leader of the army, and he still had [-] soldiers.

According to his official rank, he is qualified to be a commander of the capital.But his promotion was due to his family background and the nature of the guard battalion.It's not like the Western Army's promotion by fighting on the battlefield.

Therefore, he is very concerned about being able to lead the army alone, and wants to take this opportunity to show his military accomplishment.

I don't know whether it's luck or misfortune. Just after the division of troops, Cao Lin's team marched east for about ten miles, and once again found the traces of Xixia cavalry.

"Commander, the Boxixia cavalry will not be less than five thousand, and their target should be the Kaiyuan Fort of the Zhenrong Army."

In this direction, about fifty miles to the east, is the Kaiyuan Fort of the Zhenrong Army.

"When we hid from the east road and headed west, Kaiyuan Fort had already been abandoned. According to the deployment of the general headquarters, there should be no less than tens of thousands of lurking troops around Kaiyuan Fort."

"Although we are chasing, the hidden army is waiting for work, but in terms of equipment, we should have an advantage. Therefore, we should take the initiative in the encirclement and suppression of this battlefield."

"Twenty miles ahead is the largest open area to the west of Kaiyuan Fort. If there is a war anywhere else, the western thieves will eventually retreat to this place."

"I ordered: Divide into three divisions, each with a thousand soldiers, each carrying five gunpowder bombs. The purpose is not to fight against the bandits, but to take advantage of the gunpowder bombs to drive the bandits to Songshupo, that is, to drive far away." The largest open space in front of the castle."

Such a task is an extremely fast march, and only the new army can complete it.

As expected, at the moment when the gunpowder bombs exploded, the Xixia people chose to gather in an open area that was conducive to cavalry operations.

"Boom boom boom..."

Cao Lin was stunned. He hadn't given the order to fire yet, but the bed crossbow fired gunpowder bullets into the Xixia cavalry group from the mountain to the east.

It turned out that His Royal Highness had long preset this place as a battlefield, and a team had already ambushed here in advance.

And leading the army by himself... seems to be expected by His Highness the Crown Prince.

(End of this chapter)