Sometimes the original intention and the result are contrary to each other, like now.
Guo Kui had a deep understanding of His Royal Highness the Prince's strategic deployment, strictly implemented the combat arrangements, and made solid and steady progress. However, he felt caught off guard.
Zhong E was so impatient that he entered the battlefield in advance because he really wanted to surround them directly to the south and form an encirclement with the Central Army, thereby turning the interception battle into a blocking battle and directly inflicting heavy losses on the Xixia people.
The opening is still a bit big!
The command podium has been dismantled, but Zhao Xi is still standing on the roof of a tank.
In this ten-mile radius area, the Xixia people originally occupied a large area, but now they were occupied bit by bit by the red-hot soldiers of the country and the dynasty.
The men's roar of self-improvement has not stopped, and the grand momentum continues. Whether it is the Western Army or the New Army, whether it is tanks or wheeled artillery, they are compressing towards the center step by step and advancing to the north.
The cavalry led by Di Qing has inserted into the Xixia rear team and is engaged in a fierce battle.
As for the opening with three sides and one missing in the north, it was still seven or eight miles wide at this time, allowing the entire Xixia cavalry to retreat northward smoothly and orderly.
Although the chariots surrounded on both sides caused some trouble for the Xixia people to retreat, the speed of the cavalry could not be stopped by the firing of gunpowder shells and bombardment of wheel cannons.
The Xixia people were probably wary of gunpowder shells and wheel cannons, so they wanted to take advantage of the cavalry to quickly escape from the main battlefield, and preferably let the Song army pursue them.
In this way, they could turn around and kill the Song army when the pursuing troops were exhausted as before.
By that time, the Song army did not have the support of gunpowder, ammunition, and cannons, and still could not escape the fate of being trampled by the cavalry.
Therefore, at this time, the Xixia cavalry was not willing to fight at all and only considered retreating.
However, they did not know that gunpowder bombs could also be carried with them or thrown by soldiers' hands, instead of only launchers being able to fire gunpowder bombs.
It doesn't matter anymore, now I just want to escape from this beautiful river surrounded by water.
Han Jiang and other civil servants in Qinzhou had never seen such a big battle. Even the so-called military experts could only stand on the top of the city and watch a small group of Xixia cavalry outside the city wall fighting with the soldiers of the imperial court.
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This time, if His Royal Highness had not come to the battlefield in person, they would not have put themselves in danger.
When the Xixia cavalry charged, the shocking momentum made them think of turning around and running away.
But when the Xixia cavalry was repulsed and the battlefield heard the roar that echoed through the sky, even Han Jiang trembled. He wished he could carry a gun and ride a horse and fight into the enemy's formation.
Every man has a heroic dream in his heart.
The cowardice of the Guo Dynasty does not mean that everyone likes to bow to Liao and Xia and perform humble acts, but the military equipment of the Guo Dynasty forces them to do so.
And now... they are also infected by this wave of rainbow momentum.
Western thieves are nothing more than that.
The Xixia people were not defeated. Even though their own side was so powerful, the Xixia people were indeed in a state of collapse. But Zhao Xi could see that despite the fierceness of the formation, it did not cause much harm to the Xixia cavalry.
As long as a team's battle losses exceed 30%, in this era, this team will not lose its combat effectiveness.
Despite the fact that the entire Haoshui River was gradually being occupied by the soldiers of the Kingdom and the Dynasty, the Xixia people did not panic at all when they retreated. They fought and retreated, building defense lines from time to time to block the attacking soldiers of their own side.
The Xixia people did not simply block, they used a tactic of alternate blocking and retreat.
A wave of cavalry galloped north, and among the retreating cavalry, a wave of cavalry rushed out every once in a while. It had reached the speed of a charge and charged at the pursuing soldiers.
Fortunately, the new army was well-trained. Even during the pursuit, they did not lose their formation. They still pursued in an organized and orderly manner.
When the Xixia cavalry was discovered to be attacking, first the soldiers of the new army in the back row would throw gunpowder bombs, and then the soldiers in the front row would complete the first round of shooting... and then continue to pursue in alternating firing.
In this way, the two sides slowly moved northward in this tug-of-war.
This was not a situation involving three, five, three, five thousand, nor was it a place of one or two miles. It was a large scene with a radius of dozens of miles and nearly two hundred thousand people.
Such repeated blocking and pursuit continued in the three directions of east, west and south...
Retreating during the war and constantly blocking the pursuers, the Xixia cavalry could not gallop as usual. Naturally, they could not get up to speed.
Originally, the distance was only twenty or thirty miles, and it would take less than half an hour for the whole army to break out of the encirclement. However, two hours had passed since the retreat in this kind of battle, and they had not yet withdrawn from the encirclement.
The key is that the east and west wings continue to surround...
This has changed from an encirclement war to a retreat blocking war, or in other words, to a tug-of-war.
The two sides went back and forth in the basin of Haoshui River, alternating firearms and cold weapons.
When the cavalry does not rush up to speed, facing the military formation of the soldiers of the country and the dynasty, the cavalry cannot take advantage in the battle.
What's more, the situation of the battle is that one's side is surrounding and pursuing the other side, and the first contact is made to repel the other side's attack. There are tens of thousands of people shouting that men should be self-reliant.
In terms of morale, our side has the upper hand, and we also have an advantage in numbers. In addition, the Xixia people are eager to get rid of the retreat.
In this battle, even if they were not as brave as their opponents, under such a general situation, the Guochao team still had an advantage.
It's really exciting.
Such a scene makes people forget time and even hunger... Of course, this is referring to these civil servants and Zhao Xi. The soldiers on the battlefield have no such concepts at this time. They are just rushing to kill as many as possible.
The Xixia people were left behind.
Those who can evacuate have already escaped from the encirclement, and those who cannot evacuate should not even think about escaping again.
When he saw that the number of Xixia people was gradually decreasing and the encirclement was gradually closing, the flag on the command platform was waved again...
At this moment, all the New Army orders were banned, and the charge and killing stopped across the entire line. However, the chariots and wheel cannons were pushed by the soldiers past the New Army who continued to charge.
The Western Army also stopped... Although they could not follow the orders and prohibitions of the New Army, when they saw the chariots and wheeled artillery coming up, they knew they had to break away from the Xixia people.
This is going to be a so-called indiscriminate and full-coverage bombing...
Not many left, countless, never more than tens of thousands.
When the chariots and wheel cannons formed an encirclement, they were not ready to give the order to fire... The Xixia people actually surrendered...
It's a very flashy skill, but Zhao Xi really can't bombard the Xixia people who have lost their weapons. The key is that there are nearly 10,000 horses.