The West Route Army arrived at the battle site after a rapid march. They thought they would enter the battlefield immediately. However, the team had already been reorganizing for a while and there was no sign of the Xixia people yet.
Guo Kui didn't believe that the Central Route Army could leave all the Xixia people in Haoshuichuan, even Zhonge didn't believe it.
However, the battle signal was received early in the morning. It was almost dusk, only twenty or thirty miles away, and the Xixia people had not yet appeared.
It’s not that the Central Route Army really left the Xixia people behind, or it’s not that the Central Route Army continues to pursue...
Zhao Xi would not do such a thing.
The battle lasted almost a day, and the whole battle was fought with the cavalry on two legs.
The momentum has increased, and I really don't know how tired I am, but my physical strength will definitely not be able to keep up.
Therefore, Zhao Xi did not let the team continue to pursue... He arranged an encirclement and suppression campaign throughout Qinzhou. It was not completed by the Central Route Army. Each team had its own combat mission.
The main force in the middle only needs to boost morale and annihilate as many Xixia cavalry as possible.
The task of intercepting them from the east and west was to break up the defeated and retreating Xixia people and cut them into countless groups of scattered cavalry, numbering no more than ten thousand.
Then, the east and west routes moved to both wings, and the center route army went directly to the north, withdrew their lurking teams from their respective camps, and carried out encirclement and sneak attacks on the defeated Xixia cavalry at different locations, ultimately completing the strategic goal of a large-scale encirclement and suppression campaign.
The real reason why the Xixia people have not continued to retreat north is that it is getting late, and there are differences within the Xixia people.
"Is this what Jing Xun said about not worrying about gunpowder bullets? Not worrying about it killed nearly 20,000 men of mine!"
"Your Majesty, it was Jing Xun's wrong judgment that led to the failure of this campaign! This officer should be killed to relieve the hatred in my heart!"
No one mentioned the chariot, and they were not able to rush to the chariot. They had no way of knowing how strong the chariot was. But they had seen the power of gunpowder bullets, and they were completely different from the children's toys like Jing Xun's.
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The gunpowder bomb made by Jing Xun and adapted to the war horse will not cause any harm to the war horse unless it explodes next to the war horse.
Since entering the territory of the Song Dynasty, all siege battles were carried out by the Han people. No cavalry was used. They just kept the horses closer to adapt to the sound of gunpowder bombs exploding.
However, when they actually arrived at Haoshuichuan and were actually bombed by gunpowder bombs, they realized that these were completely different things.
At this time, all the resentment was put on Jing Xun.
And Jing Xun... was like a grandson, with his head down and a sullen face, not even daring to fart.
At this time, if he spoke more, any leader could kill him casually... The Emperor of Daxia would not get angry with any leader because of him.
That's it, this is the fate of betraying one's ancestors.
"This matter is on hold! We now need to decide what to do next!"
What else could we do? This was just one charge, but the Song army was defeated. What else could we do? Retreat.
But no one said anything, and no one knew what the king was thinking. Whether to fight or withdraw, only the king decided.
Li Liangjie was not a resilient person, and he also thought it was time to retreat. The key was that he did not want these words to come out of his mouth.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the current plan is to collect the rangers along the way, attack all the Song Dynasty villages and camps north of Haoshuichuan, and collect the Song Dynasty's grain, grass and Dingkou to make up for the losses of our campaign in Daxia.
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It has to be said that Liang Yimi, as the internal minister, still has some understanding of this little emperor.
Besides, the leaders of each tribe probably don’t want to fight head-on anymore.
Now we have advanced four to five hundred miles into the Song Dynasty. There are many villages and towns along the way, and there are also many military forts abandoned by the Song Dynasty.
Since we can't fight head-on at this time, we might as well disperse and plunder according to our own abilities.
Whether it's grain, grass or food, as long as you can get it, this campaign won't be a loss.
The middle route army was tired and considered that the Xixia people had already retreated, so they did not think of continuing to advance.
The east and west routes were at the combat point. They didn't know the specific situation of the battle ahead, and they didn't think about turning back to fight.
The Xixia people, on the other hand, formulated their next plan, and after glaring at Jing Xun fiercely, they were also ready to recharge their batteries and start the feast of plunder.
Therefore, within a radius of fifty miles, hundreds of thousands of people are recuperating on their own territory.
In later generations, this would definitely be a good time to attack from both front and back. But now, among the three teams, no one knows who is who.
Don't expect the scouts to do anything. This is wartime, or a battlefield. In Zhao Xi's concept, apart from pressing the entire team at this time, sending out a small number of scouts will lead to death.
He didn't believe that the Xixia people didn't even have this common sense.
It was already dark and the quiet state of night had returned.
There is no need to release the scouts if they are far away, but they will definitely be discovered if they are close.
Everyone thought so, but the Xixia people didn't know that someone was already waiting for them in the north.
For Zhao Xi, all the arrangements and deployments of the entire war zone have been taken into consideration, and now he just needs to wait for the final result.
"Your Highness, the battlefield has been cleared and the results of the battle have been tallied!"
Su Song was excited, and it should be said that the entire frontline headquarters was excited.
This is a great victory, a real great victory, and the greatest victory in foreign wars since the founding of the country.
"Your Highness, do you need to report to the court?"
Han Jiang looked at the statistics of the results and found them really inspiring.
It's just that he's not sure what His Royal Highness is thinking.
Ordinarily, this is not the end, it is just a battle in this battle. Compared with the strategic goal, it is only the first step.
But the statistics of the results showed that this was really a great victory: 20,000 enemies were wiped out and 7,000 were captured. For a country that had repeatedly failed in foreign wars, this was a great victory worthy of celebration.
Therefore, he was not sure whether he should report to the court at this time.
"Wait a minute, the war has just begun. Although it is a good start, for this war, it is just a battle, and it is still early for the war to end."
"The encirclement and suppression situation has been formed, and the real battle has not yet begun. It is time to report to the court. If there is a recurrence midway... there is no need for the court to accompany us to worry."
That is to say, only Zhao Xi in command has such high power to make decisions on the fly, and no one else would be able to handle it like this.
He would not even try the plan of putting the Xixia people into Qinzhou.
Zhong E was a little anxious. According to the signal fireworks of the Route Army during the day and the vague shouts heard, the Xixia people should have been defeated, but up to now, no Xixia cavalry has been seen here.
Is it possible that we just repelled the first round of Xixia's charge today? But if we repelled only one round, the center army should not have sent out an interception signal.
I don't understand, and I want to send someone to the Haoshuichuan headquarters to have a look...His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has told us that no one can wait for contact until the respective battlefields are over.
Taking prisoners as scouts has the greatest chance of being discovered by the other party. This must be avoided.
After all, this is already a big melee with a radius of hundreds of miles. The combat points of any team cannot be exposed before the fight begins.