The seven parts are divided into seven commanders. The following is the question of who should be the forward.
At this time, Tang Jiu and Wei Qi, one of Jing Sili's lieutenants, both volunteered to lead their troops in the vanguard. However, Zhang Sai, the general of the Guangrui Army, spoke out: "We, the Guangrui Army, have experienced hundreds of battles, and now for one
To avenge the past humiliation, I am willing to kill the enemy for the vanguard, and I will not fight back until I break the enemy's army!"
Finally, Jing Sili appointed Zhang Sai as the forward, Jing Sili's deputy general Wei Qi as the forward support, and Jing Sili himself as the central force.
Tang Jiu is the left rib.
Li Kui was the queen.
In this way, the distribution was proper. After finishing the discussion, Zhang Yue ordered his people to bring two baskets full of gold and silver and place them directly in front of the generals.
The generals gasped when they saw so much money.
It has always been a "good tradition" for the Song army to ask for rewards before going into battle. It has never been uncommon to use war to raise pay and to intimidate the commander-in-chief.
Therefore, the civil servants were very tired of this after taking charge of the army, and they were always picky about rewards.
But Zhang Yue was different. He came up with so much money at once, far exceeding their expectations.
All the generals starting from Jing Sili were dazzled by this, and they all said: "Since Long Tu has promoted us to fight against the Han people in this way, how can we not die in service?"
"Let's see how we capture the wood before us."
When the generals saw Zhang Yue moving so much money out of the treasury without saying a word, they knew it was good or bad.
Zhang Yue said: "It is natural for soldiers to eat food. You have all worked hard for the imperial court. You will take all these rewards. Even if you die on the battlefield, I will guarantee that this money will be delivered to your wives and children without any loss."
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"But the ugly words are ahead. In the battle to come, if anyone dares to disobey orders, escape from the battlefield, or not save friendly troops, I will kill them without mercy!"
When all the soldiers heard this, they all obeyed the order with great enthusiasm.
Zhang Yue distributed all the money to the soldiers who went out to battle overnight. This scene made the officers and soldiers in the city who were not out in the battle extremely jealous. They really wished that they themselves would go out to kill the enemy the next day.
The Song army who had received the reward was gearing up, and the sound of sharpening knives could be heard in the military camp at night.
The next day, Jing Sili led his army to fight.
The Muzheng tent was located more than two miles west of Weiyuanbao City. Jing Sili led his army and marched no more than half a mile before leaving the city. When they arrived at the Muzheng tent and set up camp almost two miles away, the soldiers began to dig trenches and fortifications.
The Tibetan tribes have long been accustomed to the Song Army's tactics. The Song Army relies on defensive warfare. Even if it attacks, it can be turned into a defensive battle.
This time it was clear that three thousand Song troops came out of the city to challenge Mu Zheng, but instead they arrived in front of Mu Zheng's formation and started digging trenches and fortifications.
This style of play seems a bit timid. It doesn't have the momentum of sending troops outside the territory during the Han and Tang Dynasties and swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger, but it is very practical. The most important thing is that it is very suitable for the Song army in front of us.
When Mu Zheng saw that the Song army was camping under his nose, he immediately sent out troops from his tent.
Mu Zheng also called on the soldiers and horses on the left and right, and a total of eight or nine thousand cavalry were dispatched to surround the Song army on three sides.
When the Tibetan army's cavalry was dispatched, smoke and dust billowed up. The cavalry of less than 10,000 people was as powerful as 100,000 people.
But Jing Sili had plenty of time to spare and continued to order his soldiers to dig trenches and build the fortress. The front army was repairing it, the left side was repairing, the right side was repairing, the middle army was repairing, and even the rear army was repairing it.
The soldiers of the Song Dynasty focused on digging the wall and did not seem to care at all about the cavalry of the Tibetan army pressing down on them.
At this moment, Zhang Yue also climbed to the top of the city to watch the battle, wondering how Jing Sili would respond.
Mu Zheng asked the tribal leaders on the left and right, and they all said that they would attack first and test the strength of the Song army before talking.
Immediately the trumpets sounded, and the Tibetan cavalry launched an attack on the Song army from three sides.
The soldiers of the Song Dynasty stopped repairing the trench and all retreated to the back of the camp. When they saw the Tibetan cavalry advancing, the Song army immediately fired their bows and crossbows.
The Song army always used strong bows and crossbows to fight against the cavalry, but the divine arm bow used by Wang Shao when he captured Lanhui Province left a deep impression on Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue's army and the Western Army have also begun to equip them in batches.
The Tibetan cavalry also knew how powerful the Song army's arrow formation was. At first, no one dared to attack head-on. Instead, they divided themselves into small groups and communicated with each other by whistles. They attacked from time to time, and feinted to shoot far away to attract the Song army's bows and arrows.
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The cavalry of the Tibetan army also demonstrated their skill in riding and shooting, but too many shots were fired at the camp, which did not cause much damage. Moreover, the opponent's cavalry did not dare to climb over the trenches dug in front of the formation easily.
In a chaotic battle, the Tibetan army suffered dozens of casualties, while only three or five of the Song army suffered arrow injuries.
Seeing nightfall, Mu Zheng had to stop fighting and withdraw his troops and return to camp.
Seeing Mu Zheng retreating, the Song army cheered.
Zhang Yue was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately ordered the city gates to be opened to bring the wounded into the city, and at the same time, they took out the arrows.
At night Jingsi set up camp outside the city.
At dawn the next day, the Song army began to build the camp again and began to advance towards the Muzheng tent step by step.
Seeing this, Mu Zheng once again mobilized his troops to attack.
As Rizhang gained more experience this day, he ordered his left and right to bring him a chair, and he sat there watching the battle. At the same time, he also ordered his left and right to untie the crossbow on the top of the city, and shoot any Tibetan cavalry who came into range.
In the face of the Song Army's increasingly complete camp, Mu Zheng was determined to fight. He began to have people fill the trenches with planks, and asked his men to rush into the Song Army's camp at the risk of their lives.
The Song army continued to use bows and crossbows to respond to the enemy. Seeing that the Tibetan army was investing more and more cavalry, they threw out all kinds of caltrop fireballs, poison smoke balls, and iron-mouthed fire harriers, causing the battlefield to be on fire and with black smoke billowing from all sides.
The horses of the Tibetan cavalry were frightened by the sudden explosion of gunpowder and poisonous smoke. They immediately went into chaos and were immediately defeated.
The forward stationed by the 500 Guangrui troops led by Zhang Sai was besieged by thousands of Tibetan cavalry.
However, Guangrui's army was all elite soldiers, each wielding strong bows and crossbows. They came here with the intention of death to clear away their charges, and inflicted a large number of casualties on the Fan cavalry.
Mu Zheng saw that he could not break through the Song army's camp, so he gritted his teeth and ordered dozens of armored heavy cavalry as personal guards to be thrown into the battlefield.
Seeing that these heavy cavalry arrows could not penetrate the armor, they broke through the camp again.
As the general, Zhang Sai held a heavy ax and shouted to his left and right: "Our lives were given by the uncle and nephew of the county guard. Now is the time to repay."
Following Zhang Sai's call, dozens of soldiers took off their armor, picked up heavy axes, and rushed forward.
A Tibetan heavy horse jumped out of the damaged camp, and without saying a word, Zhang Sai hit the man and horse heavily on the head with a heavy ax.
The war horse fell to the ground without even neighing, and Zhang Sai picked up the giant ax and smashed it hard on the Tianling Cap of the fallen cavalry...
And this scene was played out at the Guangrui Army's position at the same time...
After fighting for half a day, none of the Song army's fortresses were broken, but Mu Zheng lost a lot of men and horses.
Mu Zheng's younger brother Ba Zengmo was not convinced when he saw this. He immediately wanted nearly a hundred cavalry to circle around to the Song army's right camp for a sneak attack. However, he did not know that this section was within the range of the crossbows on the head of the Song army's city.
As the hook of the bed crossbow was slammed down, countless heavy arrows as thick as arms were shot towards Ba Zhanmo.
When the Tibetan cavalry at the rear realized what they were doing, they reined in their horses one after another. They saw that Ba Zhenmo and several of his cavalry were shot into a hornet's nest by the Song army's crossbows.
