Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 464 Hidden Strength
Lu Da said with a smile: "This is what the Sa family knows about them. Although Zhang Chong is a Xixia general, he is a Han general after all. Soldiers are their lifeblood. Once there are no soldiers, it will be very miserable. .So he must save the soldiers as much as possible."

Shan Shiqi stood beside him in a daze, and said: "This battle is different from what I thought. I thought I had to go up and fight against soldiers, and beat the opponent's generals."

"That's other troops. Our Cangzhou Army is different. Did you see that we have so many firearms?" Lu Da said, pointing to two hundred crouching tiger cannons.

Shan Shiqi was still puzzled: "Then why didn't my brother ambush and wipe out all the enemies at once, but he wanted to kill half and let go of the other half."

"This is my brother at the Tibetan front. If we annihilate all the enemy troops at once, then the enemy will know that we are strong, and they will be very careful when fighting next time. Only fight a part of them, so that they feel that they can win if they work harder. What's more, the group of light cavalry who just escaped have already been frightened, and the next time we encounter us, we will be three points weaker in terms of momentum before fighting, and it will be far more effective to make them fear psychologically than to kill them." Ruda explained.

Although Shan Shiqi still doesn't understand, it's not easy to ask, after all, he can't let others think he is a fool, so read more.

Li Ying's men and horses had already packed up, set up the artillery, took the shells and quickly chased after the brigade.

Chai Lin and the others were waiting not far ahead.

Lu Da and Li Ying happily reported the results of the battle: "Only one round of artillery destroyed half of their troops."

"Okay, there is a crescent river ahead, let's camp there and wait for the enemy." Chai Lin led more than [-] troops and marched slowly.

Lu Da came over and marched with Chailin.

"Brother, Sajia has a problem, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." Lu Da grinned.

Chailin looked at Lu Da and said, "Monk, you have changed. You were not like this before, so just say what you want."

"If we win Haoshuichuan, the Xixia soldiers will be defeated by five points. It is very likely that the entire army of the hundred thousand main forces will be wiped out. Once the Xixia army is defeated, the entire Western Xia army will be our enemy. This It's something the Sa family doesn't want to see."

"The issue of the Western Xia Army and Xixia was discussed for a long time before coming here. The conclusions drawn by the several military advisers are surprisingly consistent. The Western Army and Xixia are interdependent. According to past wars, the Western Army is fully capable of destroying Xixia with its troops. But they didn't do that. Because the imperial court was very serious about civility and military affairs, once Xixia destroyed the country, the Western Army would face dismantling. We won Haoshuichuan, which broke the balance between Xixia and Western Army. Do you think Is it right to say this?" Chailin expressed Lu Da's concerns.

Lu Da nodded: "Sajia can only be regarded as the middle rank among the Western Army. It can be said that there are many good players in the Western Army. This is the reason why they have been fighting like this for so many years."

Chai Lin gestured with his arm: "It took us more than [-] days from Cangzhou to reach the Northwest. We will definitely not come here for soy sauce. Xixia comes to the border of the Song Dynasty almost every year to hunt grass valleys, tens of thousands of people a year. Countless border people are displaced, bones are exposed in the wild, and roosters are crowing thousands of miles away. We did not come to the northwest for Zhao Guan’s family, let alone for Tong Guan, we came for thousands of people in the border.”

Lu Da sighed: "It's because the Sa family has a small structure. As a soldier, I should think of the common people."

Besides, Marshal Ye Libo was shocked when he received the news that the Cangzhou army rushed to Haoshuichuan.

In the past decade or so, there has been a lot of gunpowder in the Song Dynasty.The Western Army almost only fought, and rarely counterattacked.

Now the Cangzhou army who came from afar seems to be eating raw rice, and they are desperate to attack Haoshuichuan.

Haoshuichuan is located at the junction of the Song Dynasty and the Xixia Dynasty, and there is a large amount of grain and fodder in stock.

If soldiers and horses have no food, there will be chaos without fighting. This is an eternal truth. Marshal Yeli is panicked in his heart. This Cangzhou army is too maverick.

"Li Meng." Marshal Yeli picked up the golden command arrow on the table.

"Subordinates are here."

"Shuai your 120 light cavalry, rush back to Haoshuichuan immediately to support, remember, you have to march fast on this road, [-] miles a day, can you do it?"

Li Meng nodded: "Don't worry, Commander, let alone 120 miles a day, even 150 miles a day is fine."

"The march is too fierce. When we get there, we will be exhausted and we will not be able to fight. Save your strength, 120 miles a day, go."

In the next two days, Niu Gao led five hundred light cavalry and completely subdued Zhang Chong who was following behind. Huayin County cultivated.

Chai Lin led his army to station at the Crescent Moon River, resting and recuperating for three consecutive days.

There was no news from the direction of Hao Shuichuan, and everyone was a little anxious.

Lu Da, Chai Qiang, Li Ying, and Shan Shiqi came to ask Chai Lin.

Lu Da said: "Brother, if you don't fight again, reinforcements will arrive soon. Before the enemy of Haoshuichuan has reacted, let's rush up and take Haoshuichuan."

"The horse meat I'm carrying is almost exhausted, so I need to replenish it. I think the enemy's reinforcements should be arriving soon. Let's stop them at Moon Lake." Chailin pointed at the map with a stick.

Chai Qiang touched his big bald head: "The area around the Crescent River is flat and there is no place to ambush. It will be very difficult for our [-] troops to deal with [-] light cavalry."

"The food sacks from Shaohua Mountain are still useless. Tomorrow, we will use sandbags to cast a wall and block the west, north and south sides of the camp with sandbags, leaving only the east gate for Xixia's light cavalry to attack. Six thousand firecrackers It can still be kept."

This style of play is strange, the sand here is everywhere.

The soldiers are equipped with engineering shovels, and they quickly pack sandbags in pairs to form a sandbag wall.But it was already arranged in the middle of the night.

Early the next morning, Niu Gao led the light cavalry back in a panic.

"Brother, this Li Meng is too fierce, too good at fighting. One touch kills six." Niu Gao panted.

Chai Lin said: "Enter the camp and rest. The rest is up to the musketeers."

Niu Gao saw that except the east side, the other three sides were surrounded.

"It's so blocked, it's inconvenient to go out." Niu Gao was a little worried.

"It's a sandbag wall. Push it and it will fall."

At noon, the east was full of dust, and Li Meng led eight thousand light cavalry to arrive.

Yishui's tall Xixia horses look much more spectacular than the light cavalry of Cangzhou grassland horses.

Li Meng obviously rushed over after taking a break, and everyone was more energetic.

Shan Shiqi was eager to try, and said: "Brother, let's fight before the battle."

"Okay, beat the drum, sound the horn, and go to battle."

(End of this chapter)