Tiandu Mountain Camp.

The Song army's actions were beyond everyone's expectations. No one expected that the Song people would have the courage to attack nearly a hundred miles north of the Zhenrong army.

The geographical location of the Shimen Gorge that Chaogu had suggested suddenly stood out. Liang Yiduo buried his finger on the military map: "Wuzhu, the Song people's goal must be here!"

Liang Gewei said: "The Shimen Gorge is too crowded. The army can only deploy after passing through the Shimen Gorge. If the Song army guards this place, our advance will be in big trouble."

Wei Minglangyu said anxiously: "Wuzi, it's not too late. I will lead the elite troops to rush forward and capture Shimen before the Song army!"

Of course Liang Gewei wanted to take the credit: "Wuzhu, leave this matter to me!"

Liang Zuo looked at the military map attentively, and the muscles on his cheeks bulged: "How dare the Song people take the initiative to attack? Liang Duguan, immediately lead the cavalry to set off, not only to secure the stone gate, but also to defeat the Song army's arrogance

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After speaking, he said to Wei Minglangyu: "The emperor's uncle is an important minister of our court and has a high status. How can he lead a small army to take risks? Let's leave the lead to the cavalry forward. It's just that this is the point of the matter, which makes people uncomfortable..."

It's really uncomfortable. The Western Xia people's field battle tactics, from a grand strategy point of view, basically adopt encirclement and reinforcements.

From a tactical point of view, the general method is to first use the advantage of mobility to surround a Song army, send slave troops and servant troops forward, and consume a large amount of enemy arrows. Then the iron kites break through the defensive formation, drive the Song army to the edge, and finally seize the opportunity.

Use up time, then turn around and eliminate the reinforcements.

Or use secondary troops to prevent the surrounded Song army from breaking out, and then come back to eat the reinforcements after gathering them.

Wei Minglangyu raised another possibility: "Wuzhu, can we take the old road of Sanchuankou?"

Liang Gewei objected: "The old road at Sanchuankou had an element of luck. If Zhu Guan had not entered Luochuan, then Ren Fu had not entered Haoshui River, and the two relied on Liupanshan for defense, our army's results would not have been so great."

Liang Zuo nodded: "Back then, Jingzong used offense as defense, and the Song generals were arrogant, so they were led into a trap; now the situation has reversed, and this time the Song soldiers are sent forward, it has a bit of the flavor of the war back then."

"The Song Army has been operating for twenty years. The western front of Liupan Mountain is lined with forts and fortresses. It is no longer the same as before. Su Mingrun is not the Song general who only knew how to be brave. He is cunning and cowardly and cannot be lured out."

Wei Minglangyu nodded helplessly: "Then we should follow the original plan and slightly change the order of launching the army."

Liang Zuo finally made up his mind: "Yes, the Qingqi will go first to seize the stone gate. The rear army must break out within three days. If there is any delay, kill them!"

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Liang Gewei led 6,000 light cavalry and rushed towards the stone gate in a menacing manner.

One person and three horses rode for hundreds of miles, and finally passed through Shimen Gorge at dawn.

Just as he was about to call the troops to stop and set up camp, they saw smoke and dust rising in front of them, and a cavalry force of about 3,000 people appeared on the horizon.

Liang Gewei drew out his Qingfeng sword: "Kill!"

Six thousand cavalry rushed out from Liang Gewei's side: "Kill!"

The person coming was none other than Tian Shouzhong. When he saw this situation, he turned his horse and said, "Get out!"

The Xixia cavalry chased them for ten miles, but this group of Song troops was different from the past. They also had horses.

They had galloped for hundreds of miles before, so the horses of the Xixia cavalry soon became weak and their speed became slower and slower.

Upon seeing this, Liang Gewei ordered his team to come back.

However, at this moment, three thousand Song troops made a large circle and turned back.

Now it was Tian Shouzhong's turn to be arrogant. He drew his Zhiping sword and charged with his front finger: "For the bronze drum! Charge!"

The three thousand Konoha barbarians suddenly shouted like chicken blood: "Kill!"

After all, the Xixia people had experienced battles for a long time. A veteran general moved his horse and with a thousand tired cavalry to resist Tian Shouzhong's offensive, the remaining Xixia army gathered into formation and continued to gallop towards the mouth of the gorge.

Liang Gewei's heart was bleeding. He knew that the thousand cavalrymen who had been cut off were finished.

However, the momentum has declined, and the top priority now is to defend Shimen Gorge. Although his face is ashen, he has to return to the defense.

The Song army, which was marching at high speed, quickly caught up with the Xixia people who were behind. The cavalry troops rushed in, their swords shining brightly.

The men and horses on both sides collided violently, followed by the flash of swords and bloody screams. Countless men and horses fell to the ground and never got up again.

Compared with the Western Xia people's swords, bone knives, iron maces... all kinds of weapons of different lengths, the power of the uniform wielding of cavalry swords is self-evident.

A Xixia cavalryman had just turned his horse's head when he saw a bright cavalry sword coming towards him.

He stretched out his mace to resist, and there was a "clang" sound, sparks flew everywhere, and the war horse rushed over in a blink of an eye.

The second cavalry sword came again, and this time the Xixia sergeant was ready to deflect the blade, and then let the opponent hit his mace.

The Song Army's cavalry battle, with rigid movements, is still not interesting enough!

However, after another "dang" sound, the mace actually broke into two pieces!

He still passed by the wrong horse, but this time the sword disappeared by Xixia's side, and then flashed out with a streak of blood.

The Xixia man looked at the huge hole on his side in disbelief and fell off his horse unwillingly.

"Good equipment!" These were his last thoughts.

With just one wave of impact, the hurried and exhausted Xixia people were cut off by a quarter.

The veteran threw down his helmet: "Fight to the death! We can't let the Song people rush over! Run! Run!"

If you look down from the sky, it looks like two short snakes fighting on the ground, one big and one small, one fast and one slow, trying to bite each other's tail.

Finally, the little snake was exhausted and had to curl up, being chipped smaller and smaller by the larger snakes around it.

The veteran's face and body were stained with blood, and the Qingfeng sword in his hand had been broken. Now there are only about fifty people left.

The horses could no longer be ridden, and everyone formed a circle to make a last stand.

This scene is exactly the same as the Haoshui River back then.

The veteran general's white hair was scattered and he looked like a mad tiger: "General Song! Do you dare to fight with me alone?"

"Old fool!" Tian Shouzhong curled his lips and raised his sword again: "For the bronze drum, brothers, charge!"

Liang Gewei was at a high place at the mouth of the gorge, watching the commander of a thousand soldiers being knocked down by the Song army's horse, trampled over, and there was no sound again.

The huge Shura Field in front looked so bloody and desolate under the setting sun.

Two thousand Song troops arrogantly formed a defensive formation in front of them. The distance was just enough for a charge. They were arrogant and domineering, and seemed to predict that they would not dare to fight.

The remaining ones began to clean the battlefield, rescue their injured comrades, and gather the lost horses. Finally, the entire team slowly retreated towards the south and disappeared into the night.

What was left to him were the corpses of a thousand Xixia cavalrymen on the grassland.

Liang Gewei's hands and feet were cold, but now he could not worry about the fault of forward Zhe Rui, so he quickly organized and set up camp and sent out scouts to conduct detection.

After a night of crazy building and fear, at dawn, a rough camp was barely established at the entrance of Shimen Gorge.

The morning fog dissipated and the sun reappeared on the horizon, but none of the scouts returned.

Those Song troops did not retreat! They were not far ahead!

Soon the Song army appeared, dragging behind their horses the scouts who had been captured last night, and seemed to be showing off as they galloped past the front of the camp.

This army is different from the Liugu Fan people and the Han people in Song Dynasty. When they gain power, they are arrogant, noisy, arrogant and cruel.

Just like a group of monkeys wearing leather armor and riding horses, they are not generally annoying.

A cavalryman held a long bamboo pole in his hand. On the sharp tip of the bamboo pole was the head of the old captain who was killed yesterday.

The cavalry planted their heads in front of the Xixia camp, as far as a single charge could reach.

The prisoners were naked, and soon one prisoner was dragged down.

A cavalryman rushed over with an arrogant laugh and cut the rope dragging him with a knife.

The dragging cavalryman suddenly cursed, drew his sword and turned around.

However, the cavalryman just ignored him and laughed wildly as he watched the prisoner turn over and run away. Then he rode his horse to catch up and cut down the prisoner with a knife just before another cavalryman arrived.

After ending this cruel game, the two cavalrymen cursed each other and ran separately towards the other dragging cavalrymen, using the same method to treat the prisoners behind them.

When Liang Gewei looked at the camp, his eyes were cracked, and his fingers were bleeding from scratching the wood in front of him.
Chapter completed!