The Jingzhou soldiers and horses of 5,000 people were divided into two teams, the front and rear. The front team was led by Ye Ci Baoping, the vanguard, with 2,000 people shouting for death. They rushed to the gate of Song Army Han Shizhong's camp a hundred steps away. They saw that the Song Army's camp defenses were slack.
There were only one hundred and eighty old soldiers guarding the camp.
The front line of the Xia army charged forward. When they reached the shooting range, they drew their bows and nocked arrows, and fired all arrows...
Brother Richard led his troops closely behind, taking advantage of the moonlight to look over and supervise the battle.
He saw that the hundred or so old soldiers at the gate of the Song Army camp did not dare to resist the Xia Army vanguard who suddenly rushed towards them, and fled...
"Hahaha..." Brother Richard, who was riding on a war horse, laughed and said:
"I led my army to attack at night and caught the Song army off guard. Before my Iron Harriers went out to fight, the Song army was defeated. I wonder who the commander-in-chief of this Song army is? He's nothing!"
The military advisor next to Brother Richard immediately flattered:
"Three years ago, the King of Jin was able to lead his troops to defeat Liu Fa, the famous general of the Song Dynasty, and captured Liu Fa's head. Now, it doesn't matter who is the commander-in-chief of the Song army in this battalion. Either I, the Xia army, will be captured, or I will be captured."
The Xia army fiercely killed the souls of the warriors’ swords and arrows!”
"Hahaha..." Brother Richard laughed loudly again. He saw that the Xia army's forward had broken through the Song camp gate and invaded the Song camp without any effort.
At this time, the Xia army's Jingzhou soldiers and horses successfully rushed into the Song camp. After entering less than a mile into the Song camp, they suddenly discovered that something was wrong.
Ye Ci Baoping, the vanguard of the Xixia Jingzhou Army, led 2,000 men and horses to rush into the Song camp, which went smoothly. However, after rushing into the hinterland of the Song camp, dozens of people in the front team actually fell into a trap dug by the Song army.
Xia Bing fell into a trap more than ten feet deep and screamed repeatedly. It turned out that there were more than ten sharp spear points inserted in each trap.
This forced the Jingzhou soldiers and horses of the Xia army who rushed into the Song camp to slow down their advance. As they moved forward cautiously, they cursed in Dangxiang dialect:
"Damn it! The Song Army is cunning and insidious. They actually dug so many traps on the road in their own camp!"
"Send the order: Our troops watch their steps! Don't advance rashly because of greed for credit. Our troops maintain their formation and advance steadily." Pioneer Ye Ci Baoping loudly ordered.
"Follow the order!"
"Obey the order!" After obeying the order, several heralds rode fast horses and shuttled among the Xixia Jingjun's vanguard armies, passing the general's order to each group.
Ye Ci Baoping led his army to slow down and advance forward. Through the moonlight, he suddenly saw a wall more than ten feet long and five feet high on the main road in the Song Army camp a hundred steps ahead.
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He took a closer look and saw that such a strange wall was actually made of sacks that might have been filled with sand.
On the wall across the sack, there are crenels for shooting arrows every three feet.
Ye Ci Baoping suddenly realized: "The Song army's camp is loose on the outside and tight on the inside. They have set up so many traps. They also set up this wall on the main road in the camp. Could it be that they were prepared for our army's night attack?"
After he thought about it, he immediately ordered in Dangxiang dialect: "Send the order: Our army stops advancing and takes bows..."
But before Yesi Baoping finished speaking, Song soldiers almost all appeared at the dozens of crenellations of the temporary fortification sandbag wall in front of them. They aimed their long-prepared repeating crossbows at the enemies who were robbing the camp.
Pull the hanging knife (i.e. trigger) quickly.
"Whoosh..."
"Whoosh..."
"Whoosh..."
Dozens of crossbow arrows flew towards Ye Ci Baoping's front troops. In an instant, more than twenty Xixia soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, and they screamed again and again...
What shocked Ye Ci Baoping was that the Song army's crossbowmen behind the sandbag wall fired a hundred waves. He could see through the moonlight that the Song soldiers holding repeating crossbows shot the crossbow arrows in their hands into the air.
He immediately retracted his head and stood down, followed by the Song Army's crossbowmen in reserve, who immediately resumed their attack and continued to shoot at their vanguard, which was attacking the Song Army at night...
"Whoosh..."
"Whoosh..."
"Whoosh..."
"Ahhhh..."
After three or four breaths, more than a hundred Xixia soldiers had been hit by arrows and fell to the ground. The morale of the Jingzhou vanguard army was greatly reduced.
Ye Ci Baoping, who was riding on a war horse, struggled to wave the scimitar in his hand quickly in front of him to deflect the upward arrows. At the same time, he also discovered that the Jingzhou Pioneer Army under his command was not immune to him.
controlled by military orders.
Many Xixia soldiers in the front team retreated one after another when they saw their companions being shot to death by arrows...
At this time, the rapid and chaotic beating of gongs came from the Song Army camp.
"Dang Dang Dang..."
"Dang Dang Dang..."
Brother Richard, the King of Jin outside the Song camp, could not see the situation in which the Jingzhou vanguard troops who penetrated deep into the Song camp were blocked. He also confidently guessed that the copper sound should be those who were on guard duty at night as they fled deep into the Song camp.
The soldiers of the Song Dynasty issued an alarm sound indicating an enemy attack.
Brother Richard, who had led the army for many years, looked at the Song camp stretching for two miles in front of him through the moonlight. All he saw was the empty defense of the Song army. He despised the commander of the Song army in this camp with great contempt. He sneered:
"The commander-in-chief of the Song army in this camp really doesn't know how to use troops! Is this the general selected by the Song Dynasty, which values civility over military affairs? Haha..."
"Dong dong dong..."
"Dong dong dong..."
Suddenly, the heart-shaking and rhythmic sound of war drums came from the center of the Song camp.
"Huh?!" Brother Richard, who was arrogant and underestimating the enemy just now, thought to himself:
"Is it possible that the Song army is on guard against my king coming to rob the camp tonight?"
However, Brother Richard, who has experienced hundreds of battles and is the commander of the Great Xia Army, did not panic at all. He still looked as normal and proudly supervised and directed the battle...
Brother Richard sneered: "Even if the Song army is prepared, what do I fear he will do? I also have a powerful back-up, which is the indestructible three thousand iron kite army.
The king has already divided his troops into two groups, each with 1,200 heavily armored Iron Harriers. When the battle between the Xia and Song armies is in full swing, they will make a surprise attack and attack the Song Dynasty from both sides.
The two armies are threatening us. Even Liu Fa, the famous general of the Song Army three years ago, was unable to fight back against a sudden and fierce attack by an iron kite army like me."
"Dong dong dong..."
Tonight, Han Shizhong, who had been awake all night, was wearing armor. When he heard the gong alarm sound of an enemy attack coming from the camp, he, already wearing armor, immediately led his guards to run out of the Chinese army's tent, turned over and rode on.
The war horse took off the gold-plated tiger head spear from the victory hook and ordered:
"Blow the war drums and follow the strategy agreed upon by Pengju and I to lure the night attack enemy deep into the ambush circle in our camp. We will first surround and annihilate the enemy's vanguard to destroy the Xia Gou's prestige!"
"Dong dong dong..."
"Dong dong dong..."
The Song army's camp had been prepared for a long time, with thunderous drums and shouts of killing.
"Kill!"
"If the summer dogs dare to come and rob the camp, we will let them go and never return."
Han Shizhong immediately ordered to convey military orders through flags, drums and horns to the Song army battalions that were prepared to deal with the enemy's night attack.
In the Song Army's camp, two thousand warriors were killed. The soldiers were divided into two groups, like two sharp blades, piercing the two threats of the Xixia Jingzhou Army that penetrated deep into the Song Army's camp...
For about a quarter of an hour, the Xixia Jingzhou Army that penetrated the Song camp had about 1,500 casualties. Xixia pioneer Ye Ci Baoping was hit by more than ten arrows. The last arrow that killed him was shot by a small Song crossbowman.
The crossbow arrow in the throat...
The rest of Yesi Baoping's remnants, with less than 500 men, fought and retreated. When they retreated to more than 200 paces in front of Brother Richard's army outside the Song camp, they had fought to less than 200 men.
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He was still complacent just now, thinking that the defense of the Song camp was empty. This night attack on the camp might not require the use of the Iron Kites, and he could probably achieve a great victory with only the auxiliary troops of Jingzhou's five thousand troops. At this time, in an instant
Shocked.
He was so angry that he gritted his silver teeth angrily and made a clicking sound.
However, Brother Richard, who had experienced hundreds of battles, faced the unfavorable start of the vanguard Ye Ci Baoping's troops. In order to boost morale, he drew his sword and pointed at the remnants of the Jingzhou soldiers who had retreated in front, with only about 200 people left.
shouted:
"In order for our army to win a great victory, Ye Ci Baoping's troops used themselves as bait to lure the enemy to surround them, and almost the entire army was wiped out. Now, the sides and rear of Song's enemy camp must be empty.
According to the king's military order, the Jingzhou reserve force of 3,000 soldiers and horses will attack the Song camp with all their strength from the front. Blow the horn horn and order the two iron kite troops that have detoured to the left and right sides of the Song camp to charge with all their strength! At that time, Xijing City will also
Open the city gates, and the defenders rush out to cooperate with my king's army to surround and annihilate the Song army in one fell swoop!"
Twenty trumpeters, following the military order of King Richard of Jin, immediately picked up the horns, puffed up their cheeks, and blew the horns with all their strength.
"Woooooooo..."
"Woooooooo..."
As soon as the horn sounded, all the soldiers in Richard's army immediately followed the pre-arranged arrangements, coordinated with each team, and rushed towards the Song army camp with shouts and shouts, forming a siege...