Time has passed seven or eight days, has been divided between the Xia army and the Naiban cavalry in the area west of the Kyrgyz Lake, gradually launched a large-scale cavalry duel, although the Naiban cavalry occupies the numerical advantage, but the Xia army is indeed a well-equipped elite troops, the battle between the two sides is basically five or five, in the study of later generations of historians, this battle is a key battle of the Xia army's westward strategy, this battle is the key battle of the Xia army to the west.
After the Xia army met the division, it immediately formed a command organization with Li Yanzong as the core, Li Yanzong, Li Xiaoren and Li Chahan were very cautious about this battle, in the big tent of the Xia army, the three were discussing how to fight this battle, Li Yanzong first said: "Now the main force of the barbarian army is in front of us, but the strength is nearly twice as many as ours, everyone should talk about how we should fight this battle."
Li Chahan said to the two: "I have fought with the Naiban army before, in terms of combat power, the cavalry of the Naiban army is not under our army, and the leader of the Naiban army is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and the defeat of Bai Buhua before was also because of arrogance and arrogance, and there was a serious strategic mistake, and I am afraid that there will be no such thing in the future." ” "Since this is the case, I suggest that our army should give full play to our advantages and attack the enemy's weaknesses with our own strengths."
Li Xiaoren looked at the map and said seriously.
"Then tell me how this battle should be fought," Li Yanzong asked Li Xiaoren.
Li Xiaoren thought for a while and said: "The advantage of our army is that the first is the heavy cavalry, and the second is the strong bow and crossbow; The range of the crossbows of our army is more than double the range of the barbarian crossbows; Therefore, in the next step, we should try to engage in non-contact combat with the enemy, mainly with light cavalry combat, gradually wear down the opponent, and finally launch a fierce attack by heavy cavalry to annihilate it in one fell swoop. ” Li Chahan shook his head and said: "The barbarian army is also a cavalry battle, and the last general thinks that it is somewhat unlikely to annihilate it in one fell swoop, and the purpose of our battle should still be to weaken the enemy's army, at least let it lose the ability to attack us actively; Seize the initiative in our hands and strive to completely eliminate it in the next war. ” "Chahan is right, now there are two months left before Your Majesty gives us three months, we have plenty of time to destroy the opponent, in the case of sufficient time, we should focus on protecting the lives of the soldiers, after all, some cavalry are the elite of my Xia army, for their Majesty has spent too much effort, if we lose too much in this battle, we will not be punished by Your Majesty."
Li Yanzong very much agreed with Richard Han's conservative way of fighting.
In order to implement the battle plan, the 140,000 Xia army was divided into three military horses, the left, the middle and the right, the left and right 40,000 light cavalry were commanded by Li Xiaoren and Li Chahan, and the middle army was composed of 60,000 troops, of which 50,000 heavy armored cavalry were the mainstay, including the heavy cavalry in the Anbei army, all of which were incorporated into the Chinese army; Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army can be said to be very strong, and the Xia army is equivalent to concentrating all the hard attack forces on the Chinese army.
On the other side, the barbarian army is also actively preparing, after a hand-to-hand with the Xia army, Bai Buhua deeply realized the strong combat effectiveness of the Xia army, although now the barbarian army still occupies the advantage of numbers, but Bai Buhua still does not have the belief and grasp of victory, Bai Buhua's only expectation is to rush out of the Xia army, lead his subordinates to return to their lair, in Bai Buhua's opinion, even if the Xia army is powerful, it is impossible to chase down to their hometown, as long as they can escape back to their hometown, it is equal to safety.
"Ge Shuhan, Mu Sutai listen to the order."
Bai Buhua sat on the tiger skin handsome chair and ordered: "Tomorrow in a decisive battle with the Xia army, the two of you will each bring your own troops and horses to attack the flank army of the Xia army from the left and right flanks, and Ben Khan will personally lead the main army to attack the middle army of the Xia army."
"The Great Khan must not be."
Ge Shuhan stopped Bai Buhua and said; "Great Khan, according to the report of the spies, there is a heavy armored cavalry army among the reinforcements of the Xia army, which is the absolute main force of the Xia army, and its combat effectiveness is very strong.
"Ge Shuhan, you are too bold, our army is more than 100,000 more than the Xia army, are we so many soldiers still afraid that all the heavy armored cavalry of the Xia army will not succeed."
Mu Sutai laughed at Ge Shuhan and said.
Ge Shuhan didn't speak, but scolded Mu Sutai angrily in his heart and said: "What a fool, if you hadn't slapped your horse at the beginning, why would we be being pressed and beaten by the enemy now." ” After thinking about it carefully, Bai Buhua said: "What Ge Shuhan said makes sense, even if we win in the end after such a hard fight, our army will suffer heavy losses; Goshuhan, do you have any good ideas?"
Since Ge Shuhan opposed Bai Buhua's tactical plan, he naturally had his own ideas, so Ge Shuhan said to Bai Buhua: "Great Khan, the last general thinks that our army should conduct a non-disabling battle with the Xia army, our army is dominated by light cavalry, and occupies an absolute advantage in terms of strength, and is flexible, we can use this advantage to defeat the main force of the Xia army, when the heavy cavalry of the Xia army is approaching us, our army can leave it behind, and constantly consume the opponent with bows and arrows."
Ge Shuhan didn't know that his ideas coincided with Xia Jun's tactics, Bai Buhua nodded with satisfaction when he heard Ge Shuhan's tactics and said, "Good way, I will fight according to what Ge Shuhan said tomorrow." ” In the early morning of the next day, the Xia army and the Naiban army set up a position on the vast prairie to prepare for a big battle, the first of the big battle was the barbarian army launched an attack, the Naiban cavalry swooped down on the Xia army, but when the Xia army entered the range of the Naiban army, the Naiban army decisively released a round of arrow rain; Then the army was divided into two parts, left and right, avoiding the peaks of the Xia army's heavy armored cavalry, intending to continuously consume the Xia army from both flanks with bows and arrows.
Seeing that the Naiban army launched an attack, the left and right armies responsible for guarding the two flanks began to meet the cavalry units of the Naiban army under the leadership of Li Xiaoren and Li Chahan, although both sides were light cavalry, but the range of the Xia army's cavalry bows and crossbows was much farther than that of the Naiban army, and the Xia army basically attacked outside the range of the Naiban army; Although the Xia army occupies an absolute advantage, the distance between the two sides is constantly shortening, and soon Richard Han noticed that the war horses of the barbarian army are much better than their own horses.
First of all, the war horse of the barbarian army sprinted very fast, so that the distance between the Xia army and the barbarian army could not be opened, and secondly, the barbarian army actually divided the troops again, part of it involved itself, and the other part actually attacked the middle route army of the Xia army, the heavy armored cavalry of the Xia army, although the combat power is strong, but once the attack is launched on the barbarian army, the barbarian army will be very decisive to withdraw, so that the heavy cavalry can not hit; It's as if you punched the cotton, and the cotton instantly consumed your attack power; The situation on the battlefield began to become more and more unfavorable for the Xia army.
Ask for recommendation, ask for a monthly pass, ask for subscription, all kinds of requests, Tianyu please everyone: