Chapter 1,232 A small battle

After speaking, he opened the map and laid it out on several cases: "Now the telegraph on Yongxing Military Road has not been set up yet, and the telegraph has only reached Weizhou."

"The information from Weizhou was sent to Bianjing, passing through Luoyang, Xingluocang, and Zhengzhou three times, and it only took two hours."

"Although Huanzhou is now under siege, reports on the situation in Huanzhou from the Zhenrong Army are still being delivered normally every day, which shows that Qingniuchuan, an important passage between Shaanxi Road and Yongxing Military Road, is still in our hands.

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"If this is a normal situation, the first thing that Mengmeng would do after besieging Huanzhou is to cut off Huanzhou's foreign aid."

After speaking, he pointed at the map with his hand: "The exit of Qingniuchuan and the city of Dashun behind the Huanzhou side must be taken by the Xia people!"

"This is a battleground for military strategists. If the Xia people take it, they can control the entrance of our Shaanxi reinforcements, and can attack Huanzhou with peace of mind; if it is still in our hands, the Zhenrong army can come to rescue at any time, and fight with Di Yong

If it becomes a horn, it will pinch Mengmeng to death!"

Sun Gu looked at the contour map and felt a little dizzy due to his presbyopia: "Then why don't you take advantage of it?"

Su You handed him a piece of information: "Gong Mengyou is the face of Empress Dowager Liang. Empress Dowager Liang ordered him to go to the front line. Firstly, she wanted her concubine to gain some military merits so that she could be rewarded. Secondly, it is hard to say that Liang Yongneng had no military power.

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Sun Gu frowned: "Mingrun, how can you mention such dirty words in front of His Majesty?"

Su You quickly bowed and apologized, and then said: "Liang Yongneng is a famous general in the Xia Kingdom, and he must have known what Empress Dowager Liang meant, so he went along with the situation and dispatched troops without any good intentions."

"The Xia people organized their armies into tribes, and most of their armies were assembled from the same tribe. According to reports from the Zhenrong Army, the Xia army that invaded this time totaled 20,000 people."

"According to the report from Pingxia City, most of Liang Yongneng's troops are still deployed on the line of Huluchuan, and the commander's tent is still at Xiaoguan and has not moved at all."

"Therefore, I estimate that the Xia army in Huanzhou is just Zong Mengxiao's own troops. There are 20,000 people, probably including all the tribesmen. And what Liang Yongneng did was to kill with a borrowed knife."

Sun Gu asked: "Then why did Fan Chunchun and Li Ji sit idly by and do nothing to help? And Gao Zunyu's shogunate is still in Huayin?"

Su You said: "Because it's not worth it. There are no less than 30,000 strong men and no less than 4,000 strong soldiers in Huanzhou City. There are still 500 knights in Jiagui outside the city. Maybe the subordinates have even enlisted the bravery of the Tibetan people."

"April is not the season when you can rely on food to defeat the enemy. Now that the war has passed ten days, the Xia people only have five days of food. I really don't see the possibility of Zong Menghe taking Huanzhou."

"Di Yong's character is well known to me, and he will never conceal military information. Jia Ji also seems to be very smart. The two of them should cooperate with each other inside and outside. I feel that not only will I not get good luck, but I might even be betrayed by Huanzhou City.

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"However, I am afraid that the wheat harvest in both Sichuan and Sichuan will be greatly reduced this year. The Privy Council should write a letter to order Li Ji to prepare grain and fodder to appease the Tibetan people."

"In addition, we also need to remind Di Yong to learn lessons and tell him that the two strongholds are well set up and need to be rebuilt immediately after the Xia people leave. Moreover, the army must be larger, beacons must be set up, and scouts must be farther away to facilitate response."

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"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" A group of Song troops were arranging a mixed crowd of Ban and Han people to cross the river and retreat towards Huanzhou City ahead.

Herdsmen driving cattle and sheep were crossing three temporarily built pontoon bridges and one main bridge.

Di Yong led the soldiers to guard the bridge.

Xia people's scouts had appeared in front of them. Di Yong drew out his riding sword and beat the horse: "Follow me!"

The sergeants who were helping to drive the cattle and sheep immediately reined up their horses and turned around to follow. Using Di Yong as a benchmark, they quickly formed a front-line formation during the run.

The Xia scouts were shocked when they saw Di Yong reacting so quickly. They gave up on the group of civilians they were chasing, turned around and ran away.

Di Yong ran to this group of people and found that it was actually a singing and playing team. He asked, "Are there any people behind you?"

A woman with a scarf on her head said anxiously: "My husband is still behind, he is protecting us."

Di Yongyi frowned: "Which team does your husband command?"

The woman shouted: "No, he used to be a Weizhou volunteer and had a fight with Lady Shi!"

Di Yong did not hesitate and called out to his subordinates: "Let's go, save people!"

This small group of cavalry bypassed the common people and continued north. The woman looked at their backs, turned around and said to everyone in the group: "Quick, with one last push, Huanzhou is ahead!"

Di Yong and his party marched in formation to a mountain pass, and saw dozens of Xia people riding in front of them, surrounding a pine forest.

When the commander of the Xia army saw Di Yong's numbers, he was not afraid at all. He shouted, and the rangers gave up their target in the pine forest. They shouted and waved their weapons, and came towards Di Yong and the others to kill them.

Di Yong put the sword back into its sheath, picked up the steel crossbow hanging on the edge of the saddle, turned his horse so that he was sideways facing the opponent, and struck and fired with more than a dozen riders around him.

The short arrow shot out, flew a hundred steps in the blink of an eye, and shot the two opposing riders off their horses.

Di Yong reined in his horse and slowed down, and the second group of more than ten riders behind him crossed over, again raising their hands to fire crossbows.

This time the result was better, as three or five of the opponent's men were defeated again.

After three rounds of this, the opponent had lost more than ten cavalrymen, and the distance between the two sides was close to twenty horse paces.

Di Yong has appeared at the front of the team again, his horse speed has increased, and the weapon in his hand has changed into a riding sword: "Kill!"

The cavalry behind them also turned into two teams: "Kill!"

The Xia scout commander had no idea that this Song army on horseback could change formations and change weapons so quickly. It was no weaker than the Xixia elite. With a sharp look in his eyes, he couldn't help but subconsciously lightly rein in the war horse.

At this moment, a long arrow shot out from the pine forest, drew a beautiful arc, and pierced into the commander Xia Ren's neck, directly penetrated his neck, and then pierced into the human body again from the shoulder blade.

, and finally it was worn out from a little below the shoulder.

Armor-breaking cone!

Blood spattered, and before the scout commander had time to react, he fell to the foot of the grassy hillside.

The Xia people's formation was suddenly suffocated. Seeing that their leader was missing, a few clever scouts immediately turned their horses and tried to escape. The rest, before they could react at all, even tried to kill the Song army as a military merit. There was a moment of chaos.

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In the blink of an eye, Di Yong had already flashed into the Xia people's charging team with his sharp sword!

Six cuts in front of the horse!

Two of the six cuts in front of the horse are made with the rider breaking the step, and the remaining four are all made with the horse facing the rider!

Many people think that the best weapon for cavalry in ancient times was the spear, but this is actually a misunderstanding.

The first is that the strength of the gun barrel makes it easy to break during cavalry battles, leading to misses; the second is that the gun is a point attack, and once missed, it is difficult to get another chance; the third is that the weapon is too long, and it is difficult to control the accuracy, which is far inferior to short weapons.

High hitting accuracy.

Unless the heavy cavalry is in a dense formation, there is no need to use the lance.

For example, the current army of the Liao people consists of one main soldier, three horses, and weapons including four bows, four hundred arrows, long and short spears, bones, axes, and hammers and awls.

Mainly relying on bows and arrows, there is only one type of long weapon and four types of short weapons.

Not long after the real history, some people in Xia suggested setting up a strong crossbow army to fight against the Song army. The reason was that "the country used iron kites to gallop across the plains and footsteps to chase dangerous valleys. However, when encountering the magic sword technique,

The iron cavalry is difficult to use; if it encounters the divine arm and bow, the foot will collapse. You can maintain the status quo, but you cannot resist changes."

That is to say, Tie Yao Zi will be restrained when encountering Mo Dao formation. If Tie Yao Zi uses long soldiers, he will not be afraid of Mo Dao.

The Jurchen Iron Buddha Heavy Cavalry recorded in the "Jinlu Illustrated Book" is not a monster like in ancient times, but "the bow power is only seven fights, the arrows are extremely long, and the swords are not as sharp as they are."

It seems that more emphasis is placed on striking ability, and there is also no mention of long weapons.

There are even maces, copper hammers, bones, iron whips, and iron maces. The main purpose is to consider the hit rate and damage level.

Among them, the mace and the copper hammer are not as exaggerated as in the novel. The mace is a hardwood stick four to five feet long with large nails embedded in it.

Although the bronze hammer has long and short handles, the long handle is used by infantry. The handle of the bronze hammer used by cavalry is only four or five feet long. The hammer head is no larger than a fist, and the small one is even as big as a chicken.

In general, the weight of cavalry weapons should not exceed five kilograms so that they can be easily used by cavalry.

In this way, the advantage of riding a sword is too great.

Because the center of gravity of a weapon such as a knife can be designed closer to the human hand, the control is more flexible than a hammer or rod.

The degree of damage is ensured by the existence of the blade, and it has gradually become the best melee weapon for all cavalry.

Of course, the cavalry sword is useless against heavy armor, but war is a comprehensive subject. If you only rely on heavy cavalry, you will only be able to fly kites with light cavalry carrying bows.

With the bonus of excellent steel quality and excellent design of the cavalry sword, coupled with the superb martial arts of Di Yong and his bodyguards, they are now able to kill like tigers and sheep, chopping melons and vegetables.

The Xia people collapsed in an instant. Except for a few cavalry who escaped the pursuit of the Song army, the rest fell here.
Chapter completed!