Most of the infantry of the Pinglu Army were Qingzhou Army and Cangzhou Army.

To be honest, there is indeed a certain gap in the close combat power, or elite level of these infantrymen, compared with the Youzhou Army. It is precisely because of this gap that Lin Zhao brought the Qingzhou Army to Guanzhong.

Part of the reason is that we want to train the Qingzhou army and pursue the overall average combat power of the Pinglu army.

Of course, the more reason is that the Youzhou Army has just experienced a great war and needs a period of rest. If everything depends on the Youzhou Army, then the meaning of the existence of other Pinglu Army troops will no longer exist.

However, although the Qingzhou army is a little worse than the Youzhou army, the Qingzhou army also needs to be brought to Youzhou regularly to fight with the Khitans to train troops, so the overall combat effectiveness of the Qingzhou army is not particularly poor.

More importantly, after three rounds of artillery bombardment, the 5,000-man vanguard army of the Hexi Army had already scattered formations. Because of the first time seeing the power of artillery, many Hexi Army soldiers collapsed in a panic and fled in a panic. Some of them were killed by the Hexi Army’s supervisor, and the other part successfully fled from the battlefield.

At this time, although the combat power of the two sides was actually not very different, and even the troops were about the same, the Pinglu Army had only about six lieutenant battalions, but when the two sides fought, the Pinglu Army was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep!

One-sided massacre!

The five thousand army was already considered a large army, but this five thousand army Hexi army only resisted for half an hour and then began to flee on a large scale, and then the Pinglu army was chasing.

When Lin Zhao and Zhao Xie saw this, they both withdrew their gaze.

Because of this first battle, the suspense has been lost.

Prince Yue looked at the Hexi Army camp and said, "The first battle was considered to be a winner, but it was not enough. The main force of the Hexi Army was at least 50,000 or 60,000 people. In this first battle, it will kill at most two or three thousand of them."

"If these Northwest rebels are exposed, they need greater results."

Zhao Xie took a deep breath and whispered: "Prince, if you want greater results in the battle, you should not use artillery in this first battle. After this artillery, it is unlikely that they will hedge us on a large scale."

"No."

Lin Zhao shook his head slightly and said, "Architecture... can only be useful to an army of this size. If tens of thousands of people line up and set up a hedge against us, the artillery will still be effective, but it will not have such a good effect, and it will be easy for people to snatch the artillery away."

“More important…”

Lin Zhao said slowly: "The Pinglu army you brought is only 50,000 or 60,000, which is almost the same as the main force of this Hexi army. The two sides hedge on a large scale, and even if they can win, they will win miserably."

"Actually, war must have to pay a price, but we cannot afford this price."

Prince Yue took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Our goal is to drive them away."

"There are still Shuofang troops waiting for them in the rear."

After hearing Lin Zhao's words, Zhao Xie immediately understood what Lin Zhao meant.

My own boss did not want the Pinglu army to forcefully eat the Hexi army, but it would be better for the Shuofang army to spread the costs equally.

Zhao Xie was silent for a while and asked, "Prince, what if the Shuofang army could not stop these retreating rebels?"

"That's why Shidao Qi is unwilling to do his best."

Prince Yue said lightly: "He doesn't make any effort, so we have no reason to fight head-on. If he lets the Northwest rebels go, the Northwest problem will be temporarily put on hold. We will deal with them when we take action."

Speaking of this, Lin Zhao groaned: "At that time, I will unplug Shuofang Army."

Just as Lin Zhao was talking to Zhao Xie, a scout camp soldier hurried over and bowed to Lin Zhao and Zhao Xie and said, "Prince, General, our army found a large number of cavalrymen in Hexi on the flanks!"

Zhao Xie frowned and said, "Does there be any on both sides?"

The scout nodded and said, "There are both sides, and there are about four or five thousand people!"

Zhao Xie took a deep breath and waved: "I understand."

He turned his head to look at Lin Zhao and said, "Prince, our vanguard army has only 20,000 people. The enemies on both wings are going to increase their troops from Sanguan."

"The enemy on the left wing is increased from Sanguan, and the enemy on the right wing..."

Prince Yue said slowly: "Leave it to the imperial guards of Qingshui County."

The Imperial Guards were led by Zhao Fuping, and now it is the time to use them.

Zhao Xie bowed respectfully: "I understand the end."

…………

On the battlefield, the defeat of the Hexi army was inevitable.

After only about an hour of contact between the two sides, the 5,000 vanguard troops of the Hexi Army began to flee on a large scale. The general of the vanguard battalion was scratched by the gravel stirred by artillery shells, and his face was covered with blood. He fled back to the Hexi Army camp in a panic, knelt in the commander's tent, kowtowed to Xiao Cheng and said, "Great... General..."

Xiao Cheng's face was as gloomy as water. He looked at the defeated general in front of him and said coldly: "Don't talk about five thousand people, even five thousand pigs can last for a long time!"

"And the five thousand men under your command only persisted for less than an hour and began to flee!"

Xiao Cheng said it right. If the Pinglu army faced five thousand pigs, it would be very busy for a while, but people were different from pigs. When pigs were afraid, they would only run around in a panic. When people were afraid, they would only run backwards.

The general of the vanguard army was named Xiao Fu, and was Xiao Cheng's nephew. He knelt in front of his uncle, and his voice trembled: "Great... General, it's not that our soldiers are vulnerable. The enemy is really too evil. Before we met the enemy, a large number of iron balls fell from the sky, smashing us over and over!"

Xiao Fu took a lead bullet that had been smashed into an ellipse from behind, placed it in front of Xiao Cheng, and swallowed: "General, please see, this is the iron ball used by the Pinglu army to attack us!"

"The last general and others tried it. The iron ball weighs at least two pounds. Even if it is a trencher, it can only be thrown out a few hundred steps at most. The Pinglu army can throw these iron balls into our army's formation three miles away, and it is extremely powerful!"

Xiao Fu looked at his uncle carefully and said in a trembling voice: "Die it will happen if you touch it..."

As the commander of the first army, Xiao Cheng naturally knew what was going on the front line. He stepped forward and picked up the lead bullet from Xiao Fu, put it in his hand and weighed it for a while, then threw the lead bullet next to him, lowering his eyebrows slightly.

"Before, Kang Dongping seemed to have said that the Pinglu army was not strong in combat, but there were many objects. Before, they were in Taiyuan and bombarded Taiyuan City with an object called artillery."

"This thing..."

Xiao Cheng glanced at the lead bullet that was thrown on the ground by him, lowered his eyebrows and said, "It should be the shell thrown out of the cannon..."

Thinking of this, Xiao Cheng took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Listen to my order, the front-line vanguard battalion temporarily retreated and retreated to the army."

"The overall defensive formation retreats. If Lin San's army pursues too deep, immediately turn around and fight back!"

Xiao Chengzhi's army was strict. When he heard his general order, the Hexi army soldiers responded loudly and immediately notified him.

After ordering the soldiers, General Xiao narrowed his eyes and said, "Go to the other two governors and ask when their troops will be in place, and..."

"In addition, please invite General Kang to come over and say that I will discuss with him if I have something to do."
Chapter completed!