Although the Xixia army was sometimes sloppy and sometimes unruly, they moved absolutely quickly. Since the commander was desperate, the soldiers also figured out that it would be better to move quickly and neatly.
Furthermore, the Song army has been fleeing all the way. Seeing that the smoke and dust are already four or five miles away, if we chase them now, we can at least hang them up by the tail. Once the Song army is given enough time, they can really retreat into the valley.
There is no way to deal with the narrow mountain road in the depths. Don't let Li Ningming make a mistake and order himself and others to change from cavalry to infantry and charge like other infantry with two calves. That's just fun.
Egg.
The soldiers quickly mounted their horses and formed a team. As expected, the few hundred soldiers who made the mistake were placed at the front of the team. With an order, the three thousand cavalry rolled down like a gust of wind and chased the Song army.
Along the way, there were still boxes of food and supplies scattered on the official road, but this time no one dared to dismount and grab them. They only aimed at the position with the corner of their eyes, and looked for opportunities to steal it when they turned back.
After ten miles of pursuit, they reached the mouth of the valley where they could see the Song army fleeing into the valley in embarrassment. Wu Zangming, who led a thousand cavalry in the van, did not dare to be too aggressive and ordered the soldiers to stop and wait for the follow-up troops and listen to Li Ningming's further instructions.
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Li Ningming arrived shortly afterwards and immediately stood at the mouth of the eagle-mouthed cliff valley. He squinted his eyes and looked inside. He saw a cloud of smoke and dust, mixed with the sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling. The figure of Song Jun's running pigs and wolves appeared and disappeared in the smoke and dust, creating a scene of panic.
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"Your Highness, I would like to ask your Highness to think twice. The situation in the valley is unknown. If it is a trick of the Song army to lure the enemy, we will be in trouble once we enter the valley." Yeli Xianzong wanted to make a last-ditch effort.
"How about I give General Yeli permission to stay outside the valley and watch?" Li Ningming teased.
"Your Highness, the general does not mean that. What the general means is..."
"I understand what you mean. You don't need to explain. Let me tell you the truth. Even if it is the Song Army's trick to lure the enemy, I can only admit that I was indeed attracted. With so many materials, weapons and property, coupled with the comparison of strength
The disparity is huge, so what if it’s just a trick? What we need to do now is not
It is hesitation, but a quick decision with all our strength, and then we leave with the spoils of war; Song people like to use strategies, but our party members like to be straightforward. Today I will teach the Song people to understand that in the face of absolute strength, any strategy can't be used
These are ridiculous tricks."
Yeli Xianzong sighed, His Highness the Crown Prince was determined; he did not dare to dissuade him too much. It is true that the amount of this batch of supplies was huge and very tempting. Even if he was really allowed to choose by himself, he would still tend to attack.
Instead of retreating; the wild interests of the ancestors
Therefore, the repeated reminders are, firstly, a vague worry based on actual combat experience, and secondly, this is what you must do as a subordinate. After being reminded, if something goes wrong, you cannot blame yourself.
, in fact, it is also a self-protection move.
In Yeli Xianzong's view, even if he could not succeed, he could still escape unscathed, but after returning to the camp, it would be time to settle accounts in the fall. As a deputy general, he would have to be the scapegoat during the settlement, so it would be safer to lay a foreshadowing first.
"My sons, the time has come to show off my heroic spirit as a warrior in the Great Xia. Those who bravely kill the enemy today will be rewarded twice as much when they return. One who beheads the enemy will be promoted to captain, two will be promoted to captain, and five will be promoted to captain.
The title of warrior; anyone who shrinks, retreats and fears the enemy will be immediately beheaded without mercy!"
Li Ningming's sharp voice echoed in everyone's ears. Some were happy, some were worried, and most people were indifferent. Veterans all know that there is no charge that promises a lot before, but in the end only gives some rewards.
, the thought of official position has no trace at all, but then again, even if you don't get a penny on the battlefield, what can you do if you don't say a kind word to yourself? Shouldn't you just rush forward with your head raised?
The cavalry is divided into three echelons. The first echelon is the hundreds of soldiers who made mistakes. Li Ningming's intention is very obvious, which is to let these hundreds of people charge as scapegoats. As long as these hundreds of people rush to the enemy
By disrupting the enemy's formation in front, the cavalry behind will be able to charge more easily to the Song army.
A long horn echoed in the valley, and the Xixia Army's attack began. More than two hundred riders rushed into the valley on horseback with machetes and horseshoes. The yellow sand flew up under the scorching sun, adding a suffocating feeling to the hot air under the scorching sun.
Sand and dust.
There were beads of sweat on the tip of Li Ningming's nose. He watched the charging formation and Song Jun's reaction without blinking, without even having time to ward off a fly lingering around him.
Two hundred Xia Army cavalry charged all the way, whipping up a strong whirlwind. After a while, they turned into the bend of Yingzui Cliff, and at a glance they saw the back of the Song army continuing to retreat; the wide and flat valley bottom was a good place for the cavalry to roam.
Two hundred Xia Army death squads rushed behind the Song Army without any hindrance, and had knocked down several Song Army soldiers with a dodge of scimitars.
The soldiers of the Song Army crowded into the cart and hurriedly responded to the battle, using their weapons to attack the enemy in vain. However, they were no match for the cavalry. The opponent lifted up the spear hanging on the edge of the saddle from a distance and used the momentum of the forward charge to attack the enemy.
It can penetrate the chests of two or three Song soldiers, just like a skewer of barbecue.
A Xixia cavalry member pursed his lips and blew a whistle, and the sharp whistle resounded throughout the canyon. This was the promised whistle sound, indicating that the enemy had engaged the Song army and that there was no ambush.
Li Ningming heard the sound and shouted loudly. He pointed the sword in his hand and shouted in poetic language: "Come on, let your saddles be filled with the enemy's heads, and your waists be filled with the enemy's gold and silver. For the sake of
The glory of the warriors of Great Xia, charge forward!!"
Immediately, whistles and shouts of death were blared, and more than two thousand horsemen rushed to the valley like a raging wind and roaring waves.
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Su Jin, Di Qing and others stood far away at the entrance of Yingzui Cliff, with everything in the valley under their eyes. Behind him, Ma Han saw that the enemy's vanguard cavalry had begun to slaughter the soldiers who fell behind, and he shouted anxiously: "Young Master
, quickly order a counterattack, these idiots are massacring our soldiers."
Su Jin's expression was stern and motionless. From the corner of his eye, he glanced at Di Qing, who was like an iron cast beside him. He secretly admired Di Qing's determination. Di Qing also had a new understanding of Su Jin. Both of them understood that these two hundred soldiers were just death squads.
That's all, if a counterattack is ordered now, the 2,800 cavalry outside will immediately slap their butts and run away. Someone must make sacrifices in this battle. Those soldiers who were killed after falling can only be discarded as pawns to confuse the enemy.
Su Jin was in a daze. He didn't know when he started to realize that the behaviors he criticized before were now normal. In the past, he would have scolded the generals for being cold-blooded and disrespecting the lives of soldiers. Now he can
Ordering to save those people, but unwilling to give the order. From the overall perspective, the sacrifice of these people is worth it. Of course, it is extremely unfair to these soldiers, but is there anything in this world that is absolutely fair?
"Here we come..." Su Jin said calmly.
"Yes, congratulations, sir, your plan to lure the enemy has finally succeeded." Di Qing said with a smile.
"Leave the rest to Commander Di, I'm not good at fighting." Su Jin said with a smile.
"Master Su is too modest. Master Su is not ambiguous at all when fighting. Di Qing is willing to give up. But now that Di Qing is here, he cannot teach you to do everything by yourself. The rest of the things will be left to the humble position. Master Su is here."
Just enjoy the show."
Su Jin laughed, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you."
Di Qing's eagle eyes flashed, and he slowly took out a bronze mask from his arms and put it on his face. Suddenly, his whole body was as sharp as a blade. The fangs mask looked so hideous that people dared not look at it for a second time.
Eye.
A large group of Xixia soldiers rolled in. After a few dozen breaths, the front of the valley entrance was already densely packed with enemy cavalry. The sound of whistles and screams resounded through the valley. The cold light of the scimitars created a curtain of snow-white light in the sun. Look.
The person is dizzy.
Di Qing reached out and picked up a long bow beside him, bent the bow and shot an arrow into the sky. The sharp sounding arrow dragged a long tail sound straight into the sky. At the same time, several piles of wolf smoke were lit on the top of the cliff, and black smoke pillars went straight into the sky.
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Li Ningming caught a glimpse of the smoke column on the top of the cliff, and his first reaction was: he was caught in a trap. This was obviously a signal to reinforcements somewhere. But the cavalry team was charging, and they couldn't stop even though they knew they had been trapped. Li Ningming gritted his teeth.
Shouted: "Come on!"
The second echelon of one thousand cavalry was directly in front, and the third echelon of eight hundred cavalry led by Li Ningming came galloping thirty steps apart along the footsteps of the cavalry in front.
At this moment, the Song Army's second arrow shot into the sky, and suddenly dozens of long ropes bounced up from the smoke and dust on the ground, like dozens of venomous snakes dying on the ground suddenly jumping up and biting people, the sharp-eyed Xixia
The cavalry saw dozens of Song soldiers suddenly jumping out of the sand under the rock wall. It was they who suddenly pulled up a dozen long ropes that were originally lying on the ground and were as inconspicuous as withered vines.
"No! There's a tripping rope." Someone exclaimed.
But it was just a cry. The long ropes were thick hemp ropes. Under the combined efforts of seven or eight Song soldiers at each end, they immediately stretched straight. More than a dozen long ropes formed barriers, and they ran
The swift horse's legs were caught in the long rope and rolled over.
Dozens of soldiers holding the stumbling ropes on both sides of the huge impact belt fell forward, causing their mouths and noses to bleed, and some even fell onto the cliff wall and their brains burst.
But Changsuo had already accomplished his feat after all. As long as three or five horses fell in the charging formation, at least thirty or fifty more horses would suffer. What's more, it wasn't just three or five horses that fell, but dozens of them.
Just like dominoes, dozens of war horses fell, and in exchange for the gourd rolling on the ground, when the horse was overturned, someone with superb riding skills reined in the horse and hurriedly looked for Li Ningming.
Li Ningming was at the end of the team and was not injured, but the tumbling horse hooves and human bodies in front of him frightened him. Something even more frightening happened. Behind him was the exit of Yingzui Cliff, but at this moment there was a roar.
There was a loud sound, and the ground was shaking. Dozens of Song soldiers on the cliff tops on both sides were pushing huge rocks and felled trees to block the entrance.
Li Ningming was shocked, and his heart felt cold. This was a way of cutting off the retreat. Was he going to trap all three thousand of his cavalry under the Eagle Beak Cliff? It seemed that the Song Army had a big appetite.