Chapter 1,314 The incredible food robbery road

Zhongzhen's cavalry, with its specially selected bay-red horses and old red army coats, was like a ball of flames flying across the snowy fields.

The Xia people's forward was also a strong force, but their horse speed was obviously slower than that of the Song army.

When the two cavalry teams were about to approach, Zhong Zhen's path obviously made a slight adjustment, changing from a straight line to a curve.

The Xia people also made corresponding adjustments. The two cavalry armies wanted to become two swimming fish ready to fight one after another.

But this time the Xia people's response was obviously much slower. Zhong Zhen was not polite and took advantage of the speed difference between the two sides to direct the Song cavalry to sweep the Xia army's arrows from the side and front.

The local battle situation was to fight more and fight less. This was completed under Zhongzhen's precise micro-control. The white-horse Xia general representing the tip of the arrow and the dozens of Xia people's forward cavalry encountered hundreds of flying swords in an instant.

A blow like a rainstorm.

Zhong Zhen was very confident in her victory, and her riding sword passed under General Xia's side without looking back. After running for more than ten steps, she turned her horse and rushed back towards the Song army's camp.

The cavalry behind him followed his leader closely, and the red flames passed by the front of the Xia people's front arrow array in an instant, leaving behind the bodies of dozens of Xia cavalry troops and the bald front arrow, which made the Xia people's

The power was dampened.

"Wan Sheng——" The cheers of the Song army watching the formation almost shook the city wall of Lingzhou behind them: "Liu Lang is mighty——"

Zhong Zhen's red horse crossed the ditch bridge and came to the side of Su You and Gao Zunyu. She sheathed her sword and said, "Commander, manager, I'm glad you have lived up to your command!"

"Good, great increase in military power!" Gao Zunyu was overjoyed: "With Liu Lang as brave as a tiger, no matter how many bandits there are, they are just chickens and dogs!"

Su You was attentive: "I saw two warriors were stabbed, why didn't they fall off their horses?"

Zhong Zhen opened the collar of her red robe, revealing the thin steel plate inside, with a naive smile on her face: "We have a belly!"

During the Battle of Wudinghe, a large number of Xia people's full-body armor fell into the hands of the Song people, which immediately aroused Shen Kuo's serious interest.

The Song people's processing technologies in metallurgy, stamping, heat treatment, and temperature control have now accumulated to a considerable level. Shen Kuo immediately used a stamping machine to mass-produce a large number of armor plates.

Due to the high level of technology, the armor sheet is punched extremely thin, and then through heat treatment and carburizing technology, it is turned into a high-strength steel sheet with a certain degree of elasticity.

The strength of the steel sheet can withstand ordinary crossbow shots, and there are raised patterns on key parts, which increases the resistance to blunt weapons and hacking.

But this was the last glory of the cold weapon era. Apart from meeting Zhao Xu's political needs and equipping the Western Army with Liu Changzuo's heavy cavalry, the other generals did not seem too keen on bulky armor.

On the contrary, the light armor designed by Zhongzhen was very popular.

The light armor is made up of several steel sheets stacked and riveted like shrimp shells. It is made into a vest style and can be worn inside the robe.

The knight can complete tactical actions such as bending over and leaning back at a certain angle.

Because the protection of the arms and legs is completely abandoned, the whole pair is very thin and light. With the cotton lining, the total weight is only seven pounds.

Once launched, it was very popular with cavalry, and the soldiers called this armor "holding belly".

The bellyband is the bellyband, because it can be worn under the battle uniform. This name is appropriate, and it also illustrates the soldiers' love for this kind of armor.

The decline in protection of the limbs also illustrates the improvement of the morale and bravery of the Song Dynasty army, as well as the improvement of medical standards.

Su You smiled: "Finally, I'm not stupid enough!"

After the Xia people's front army was frustrated, they retreated five miles and camped. It was not until Ren Duo's separate army arrived that they broke out the camp the next day and pressed on the Song army.

The battle became intense from the beginning.

Countless Xia people repeatedly attacked the trenches of the Song army in waves, and the front of the position was soon turned into a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

Because too many corpses affected the shooting range, the Song army even had to drag the Xia people who died in the battle into trenches between battles.

That is to say, he only dared to do this in the severe winter, otherwise Su You dared to conclude that a plague would soon break out in the camp.

The madness of the Xia army once made the situation serious. General Su You deployed all the artillery used by the cavalry army to the front line for emergency response, and at the same time used the ambushes artillery to clear out the Xia army's assembly area, and finally managed to cope with the situation.

After a day of fierce fighting, Su You felt that such an intense attack was completely unreasonable. Why was Ren Duo alone so eager to open the passage and enter Xiazhou City?

Even after entering Xiazhou City, are you still trapped? Does Ren Duo have any other tricks up his sleeve?

The old method, Su You held the Zhuge Liang meeting again, Ren Duo's abnormal attack alone must have an ulterior motive!

Let's all add it up, are there any huge loopholes in our plan to siege the city and provide reinforcements?

Gao Zunyu, Cao Nan, and Liu Shiheng also found it unbelievable. They all thought hard around the military map, but no reasonable answer could be found.

Liu Shiheng and Cao Nan even held a temporary military drill.

Li Ruoyu walked into the tent carrying two buckets: "The battle must be fought, and the food must be eaten. Although it is a good tradition of the new army that the generals eat last, they have to eat, right?"

The two buckets were full of food. Li Ruoyu distributed the steamed buns and served soup to everyone: "The Chinese army is surrounded. Your Majesty doesn't know how to worry."

"Although the supervisor only cares about military discipline, I still want to say that this plan of some of you is a bit too risky. I really didn't expect that there are so many Xia people hiding in the dry sea, otherwise I would never support it.

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Liu Shiheng was sipping soup with his head buried in his mouth. When he heard this, he suddenly raised his head: "I know!"

Cao Nan also raised his head suddenly: "It must be so!"

Su You was furious: "You two have to appear smart and I and Uncle Guo are stupid, right? Say it quickly!"

Cao Nan's eyes showed excitement: "Xia Jun, we are about to run out of food!"

Damn it! Su You and Gao Zunyu looked at each other, how could this happen?

Su You was the one who paid the most attention to the logistics of the army. Before the war began, he tried every means to hoard a large amount of military supplies, made a large amount of portable military rations, and changed the diet structure of the soldiers... All these things were done, and the Song Army's continued operations were restored.

The ability has been increased from one month to three months.

After a month of fighting, Suyou deliberately stopped the march and once again allocated and replenished military supplies. The focus was to effectively ensure the army's food and fodder reserves.

He never thought that one day the defensive side would be short of food than the offensive side!

After all, Gao Zunyu reacted faster than Su You, and his eyes shone: "This matter is not impossible...Shiheng, please explain it to the Duke."

Liu Shiheng took off the chopsticks that were used to pierce the steamed buns and gestured at the map: "Liu Taiwei's raid on Yanzhou not only disrupted our army's plan, but also disrupted the Xia people's deployment plan!"

"Because the army captured Yanzhou one month in advance, Sanchuan and Jiuyuan, the important grain-producing areas of the Xia people, fell into my hands early. Their grain must not have had time to be shipped out."

"After that, our army will advance two hundred miles as a whole, which will compress the activity space of the Xia people by another two hundred miles. The density of the Xia people in the three hundred miles of dry sea will undoubtedly increase greatly."

"We knew the situation of the Dry Sea all the way here. It is not a place where you can eat, and it is not conducive to the Xia people's hoarding and transshipment."

"Therefore, the food of the Xia people in the Hetao area can only be stored in Lingzhou City!"

"With so many Xia people lurking in the Dry Sea, they consume a lot of food every day. Now, except that our Song army has the ability to carry three months' worth of food, the limit of the Xia people and Liao people is only one month at most."

"Fortunately, the arrival of the Duke's troops in Lingzhou has been delayed by half a month, which is exactly when they decide whether to return to Lingzhou to collect food or continue to ambush..."

Cao Nan said: "It doesn't matter even if this is the case. Just retreat slowly and go to Lingzhou to get food."

Liu Shiheng said: "It is estimated that the Xia people also thought this way, so they were not active in returning to the army. However, what the Xia people did not expect was that the Duke of Guo could use the ice in the river to double the marching speed, and the Xia people came.

They were all caught off guard and were all isolated south of Lingzhou!"

Cao Nan said: "Twenty-five days have passed since our army took Yaode and repaired it. Ren Duo Ling Ding has fully calculated, and there are still five days of military rations. If they were in hiding during the period, they also distributed the rations to the people in the oasis.

If you follow the tribe..."

Su You felt incredible: "That means... we have actually copied the Xia people's food route now? There is food but no army in Xiazhou City, but Ren Duo, who came from the Dry Sea, has no army but no food, so they are like this

Desperately?"

Liu Shiheng said: "I often hear the Duke say that many accidents will happen in war, and what determines the outcome is actually who is more prepared and who makes fewer mistakes."
Chapter completed!