Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 463 Ambush in the Jungle
After resting until midnight that night, Wu Yong led the light cavalry battalion, heavy cavalry battalion, and medical battalion and set off westward.Along the way, there is no concealment.There are not many Xixia spies along the way.

Because the rangers of the Cangzhou Army are so powerful, equipped with binoculars and revolving firecrackers, whenever they encounter Xixia rangers, they always rush to kill them at the first time.

War is like this, the stronger the stronger, the morale of the soldiers explodes, the weaker the weaker, the morale of the soldiers is zero, and the soldiers collapse before the war.

Now the morale of the Cangzhou Army is bursting.

More than 1 people rushed in the middle of the night. After walking for two hours, Dongfang gradually saw the white belly, and it was about [-] miles away.

Wu Yong issued a big order: "Rest in place, people eat food, horses eat food."

The Huotou army is really hard. Other soldiers can rest, but they can't.Set up a big pot and cook something for everyone.

The Cangzhou army is not short of food, both grain and meat are available.In the past few days, a lot of food for horses has been seized after the small battle.

Some horses were hit by too many arrows, so it was a pity that they could only be eaten as meat.

Besides, the [-] soldiers and horses in Chai Lin who stayed behind in the palace did not break out of camp until dawn and marched westward.

Zhang Chong is sleeping in the middle of the army. He has been too useless for the past few days, and he has had enough.

"General, the Cangzhou army is gone, and they are heading west."

"West, isn't westward our good river? There are our [-] troops stationed there, and countless supplies of food and grass." Zhang Chong said.

Zhang Chong frowned. He didn't know what the Cangzhou army was going to do. This was an army he had never been in contact with before. He never fought according to the rules. He fought here and there with a hammer.

"No, this is going to Haoshuichuan to burn food and grass." Zhang Chong broke into a cold sweat.

The border area was sparsely populated, and Tong Guan implemented the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness. This time the Xixia army invaded and did not gain any benefits at all.The total amount of grain is only tens of millions of catties, of which 500 million catties of barley and soybeans are piled up in Haoshuichuan.

This is an important food for horses and people. If you lose 10,000+ Xixia troops, you will be hungry.

"No, send someone to notify the marshal immediately, saying that a cavalry force of about 2 people hastened to Haoshuichuan." Zhang Chong immediately issued an order.

"Yes." The messenger brought three horses and galloped towards Weizhou Mansion.

Zhang Chong didn't dare to be negligent, so he ordered his only two thousand cavalry and followed slowly.

Haoshuichuan is the life gate of the Xixia people and must be protected.

Chai Lin led his troops slowly for thirty miles.

Niu Gao came to report: "My lord, Zhang Chong has followed up, and there are still ten miles to go."

Chai Lin nodded and said, "Understood, let's investigate."

"Yes." Niu Gao then went to sentry.

Shan Shiqi said: "Brother Niugao is quite capable, he doesn't feel tired all day long."

Chailin laughed and said, "Hahaha, do you think he is quite old because of his unshaven beard? He is only eighteen."

Shan Shiqi was completely dizzy, this guy is only eighteen?
Chai Lin said: "Li Ying, Lu Da, Shan Shiqi, don't the three brothers want to make meritorious service?"

"That's right, since I came to the Northwest, I still fight." Shan Shiqi said.

Chai Lin pointed to a Populus euphratica forest in front of him and said, "There is a grove here, lay an ambush here, Zhang Chong will come up and beat him hard, trying to kill half of him. But I can only leave you five hundred Crouching Tigers from Li Ying's army." Artillery, and the hundred cavalry from Shan Shiqi."

"That's enough, that's enough. Sajia will take the lead." Lu Da hurriedly said.

"Okay, Lu Da is in full command, and Li Ying and Shan Shiqi are assisting. As soon as I lead the team to speed up, Zhang Chong will be impatient later."

"Okay, brother, let's see."

This grove is not big, not many people can be ambushed.

Chai Lin accelerated his march and led more than 5000 main troops, riding westward on short iron-shoeed horses.

Cavalry marches are generally used to walk. Once they run, the damage to the horsepower will be great. Once they encounter the enemy and the horse is unable to sprint, it will be too miserable.

Later, Zhang Chong received a report soon: "The Cangzhou army accelerated its westward march, and even abandoned some unnecessary food and grass."

"Let's speed up too, don't fall too far." Zhang Chong gave the order.

Why did Zhang Chong dare to follow? He is also confident.He thought that his [-] light cavalry were definitely no match for the heavy armored cavalry of the Cangzhou Army.But he understood better that if the heavy armored cavalry wanted to catch up with the light cavalry, it would be wishful thinking.

Zhang Chong's two thousand light cavalry are riding on good Xixia horses, they run as fast as the wind, they can't beat you, but I can outrun you.That's why Zhang Chong chose to follow closely.

After walking forward for more than ten miles, he gradually entered the ambush circle of Lu Da and others.

This is a short shrub forest. There is relatively little rainfall in the northwest area, and the woods are relatively sparse. There happens to be a river here, and there are many small trees.

Grass, Ruda grinned.

Li Ying said: "Enough, 200 meters, we can start firing."

"Don't panic, it's hard enough to hit after 150 meters." Lu Da said with a smile.

Li Ying was a little flustered, he only had 500 guns, and there were [-] people in total.If the enemy is allowed to rush up, I'm afraid it will be a fierce battle.

Lu Da said with a smile: "Don't panic, Lieutenant General, the battlefield is psychological warfare. I can guarantee that Zhang Chong will lead the team to escape after only one round of artillery."

Just as he was talking, Zhang Chong waved his hand and stopped the team. It seemed that he had discovered something was wrong.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of bushes with rivers are full of birds and beasts, but today it is a bit too quiet, which is the performance of ambushes.

"Fire." No longer hiding, Ruda gave the order to fire.

The black muzzle pushed out the bushes, and the gunners with matchlocks ignited the Crouching Tiger Cannon.

Boom boom boom boom, the rumble of cannons continued.

Tens of thousands of scorching steel balls flew over, buzzing, like bees exploding nests, covering the entire sky.

After all, Zhang Chong is a master of martial arts. He hid in a saddle and hid himself on the side of the horse.

But the cavalrymen next to him didn't react so quickly, and they all fell off their horses after being hit by steel balls.

In just one click, the first half of the two thousand cavalry was finished, let alone seven or eight hundred.

Lu Da laughed loudly: "Hahaha, ignorant boy, how dare you follow the Cangzhou army. Do you know how many artillery pieces we have here, two thousand artillery pieces, you stand there and don't move, and eat another round of shells."

Zhang Chong turned the horse's head and found that the horse was already injured, so cruel, he drew his dagger and hit the horse's rear.

Lead the remaining team to escape quickly.

Li Ying hurriedly ordered the soldiers to reload the ammunition, and within three to four minutes, they reloaded again.

"It happened to be really dangerous. We didn't set up a position. If they rushed up, it would be a big loss." Li Ying said.

(End of this chapter)