Preparations for war were carried out in a way that seemed both open and confidential.
All relevant personnel and yamen have received inexplicable tasks from the political hall...
The princes knew very well what kind of state the court was in. A public declaration of war against Xia would probably turn into a tangled court meeting. In the end, apart from leaking the entire military plane, it might not succeed.
This is how the imperial court is, at least for now.
The emperor, the prime minister, and the courtiers are the decision-makers that make up the entire court. The mutual checks and balances set up by Taizu, and the reputation of sharing the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, have developed to the present, and have turned into a battle for their own benefit.
By.
The emperor is unique, but he can be forced by his ministers to change any decision, and even the written imperial edict can be refuted.
Although there are ways to demote Xianggong and courtiers, every demotion is an upgrade of the official and title. It seems that officials of the dynasty can only be promoted, not demoted... Scholars can be killed but not humiliated, and those who cannot be killed naturally cannot be humiliated!
Such a fucking court!
Duting West Station.
The Xixia warriors had been busy for almost a whole day. They looked around the whole post house, but they didn't see a single soldier of the Song Dynasty...
"The high envoy burned the food in the post house to create the illusion that the soldiers were in the post house, so as to deceive him into passing the three-day duel... What a good plan!"
Wu Zong was also annoyed by the clamor of his own warriors. He asked Gao Yi again and again to confirm, but the answer he received was the same: the soldiers of the Song Dynasty were in the post house.
Then, the Xixia warriors searched again...
Finally, Wu Zong directly denied the possibility of Song soldiers entering the post house.
"One, two, three... forty-eight... I dare to ask Wu Zhengshi, if my soldiers of the Song Dynasty did not enter the post house, why would there be fewer warriors among you?"
In fact, Gao Yi also had some doubts, but he had just received a message asking him to conduct an inventory of Xixia warriors.
He thought someone had discovered that Xixia warriors had too many supplies, but he didn't expect that they had too few... This made it even more interesting.
"Dong...dong..."
At this moment, two corpses were suddenly thrown out from the wall of the posthouse gate... Yes, they were corpses. There was no sound when they were thrown out, just like throwing dead objects...
"Ah...ah..."
There was really no need to continue to confirm this time. The Xixia warriors screamed and rushed in again...
"His Royal Highness the Prince's troops are all flying over the walls and coming and going without a trace. How can they be captured by Western thieves?"
"Everyone, please take a look, after three days, my soldiers of the Song Dynasty will definitely win!"
"There is such a big post house, and these Xixia people are so stupid that they can't find it? There are not just one or two people, but fifty people!"
"Why are you hiding it? Let's beat him!"
"You know what? As long as you can win, no matter what method you use? Why fight hard? Besides, it's hard to say whether you can win in this hard fight."
"There seems to be no stipulations in the bet. It only says that in the inn... it's good like this. I bought three escorts to win...~"
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Those who watch the fun never think it's a big deal. Besides, this is a fight between some warriors. When discussing it, you can say whatever you want...
This is still His Royal Highness the Prince's personal army. If it is a traitor to join the army, who knows what to say.
Ordinary people don't think about the impact and consequences of this fight. They just watch the monkey show for fun... There are many monkey shows in Bianliang, and they are just fights between warriors.
Gao Jingxian was lying on the beam in the main hall of the post house. Through the gap between the brackets, he could vaguely see the scene at the gate of the post house... It was agreed to take action at night, but who had already taken action?
The fifty soldiers of the guard camp were divided into groups of five to facilitate hiding.
The initial strategy drawn up was harassment warfare. As Di Qing analyzed, it was just a slight adjustment to the Wanyinshan exercise.
The purpose is to continuously harass and kill the opponent as much as possible while ensuring your own safety. You will not eat, drink or sleep for three days, and at the end, you can even kill the opponent at will.
This was the first time the escort battalion fought independently, and the first time it fought without His Royal Highness as the core mastermind. From the beginning, they had agreed that they must be completely wiped out, so they adopted the safest combat method.
Gao Jingxian has never fought against Xixia warriors, and he feels a little uneasy from the bottom of his heart. However, Zhe Fei is different from him. They grew up on the frontier, and the entire family has been fighting against Xixia for several generations.
In terms of combat, he is much more familiar with Xixia warriors than Gao Jingxian.
The key is that the hatred is stronger than that of Gao Jingxian, so when they see an excellent opportunity, they will never let it go.
It had been planned earlier that every time a Western thief was killed, he would contact the people outside the wall so that Gao Yi could show off at the right time...
Gao Jingxian regretted hiding in the main hall of the post house. Although this was the easiest place to be ignored and it was convenient to move around at night, it was a bit difficult to attack and kill during the day.
Every time Xixia warriors search, they pass by the main hall and just come in to take a look... The main hall is empty, there is no need to waste time.
Several times, Gao Jingxian wanted to kill the last one, but he held back... he could not ruin the whole plan because of his recklessness.
This time the Xixia warriors came again, but they still came and refused to leave.
"It's been a day and I haven't eaten a morsel of food. If this continues, we won't even need the Song Army. We will collapse on our own!"
"We can't wait any longer, we have to lure them out!"
"The problem is, all the rooms have been searched, and no one has been found at all."
"If it doesn't work, let's divide our troops..."
"Okay! It's late today. Early tomorrow morning, bring out the war horses and search on horseback. In this way, even if the opponent is more against fewer, with the war horses, we can quickly support them."
They regarded this main hall as a meeting hall and started talking in a serious manner.
To be honest, if the other party hadn't thought of fighting at the gate of the post house at the beginning and was provoked again and again, they should have implemented a riding method to divide the troops from the beginning, guarding various key points of the post house, and the escort battalion would have had no chance to take advantage.
The key point is that during the fight, His Highness the Crown Prince requested that firearms not be used... In his capital, large-scale use of firearms is an absolute taboo against the use of firearms from the guard camp.
Listening to the discussion of the Xixia warriors, Gao Jingxian was also thinking...perhaps some adjustments should be made to tonight's actions...
The original plan was to launch an attack tonight, with a small number of attacks, gradually putting pressure on the opponent, and torturing the opponent both physically and mentally.
Now...
After nightfall, the soldiers of the guard camp emerged from their hiding spots one by one and also came to the main hall... Due to inertial thinking, both the guard camp and the Xixia warriors regarded this place as a meeting place.
"On the first night, the Western thieves are not exhausted yet, so the guard must have made arrangements, and the success rate of the attack is not necessarily high."
With many years of experience in fighting against each other, Zhong Yi and Zhe Ke were always cautious when fighting against Xixia.
"You two, the Xixia people have decided to conduct a riding search starting tomorrow so that they can respond to each other and provide timely support. Should we make a fuss about the war horses?"
"did you mean?"
"The war horses are frightened, they step on the posthouse, they disturb people's hearts, and they are waiting for the opportunity to move!"