The combat power of the Song army has improved, but it has not yet reached the ability to compete with the cavalry in the field.
Li Bingchang once again temporarily changed the battle plan, which is a taboo for soldiers, but at this time, Li Bingchang can no longer take care of so much, Li Bingchang detained 40,000 iron cavalry is of great use, these cavalry are the elite of the Royal Forest Legion.
After An Qinggui led 10,000 iron cavalry to leave, Li Bingchang led 40,000 iron cavalry to set off first, and the rest of the foot soldiers followed behind, Li Bingchang led the cavalry to take a shortcut and approached Pingyao, in fact, this is Li Bingchang's plan after changing, entering Pingyao does not mean that Pingyao must be taken, Li Bingchang's purpose is to prevent the 100,000 Song army under Zhao Yu from entering Pingyao City, according to the previous analysis, the grain and grass carried by the Song army have basically been exhausted, and Pingyao is the grain and grass camp of the Song army, if Pingyao is cut off from the main army of the Song army, It is equivalent to cutting off the grain route of the Song army; The grain road and the back road were cut off by the Xia army together, and the main force of the Song army was in danger.
Thanks to An Qinggui's attack, Li Bingchang took the lead in rushing outside Pingyao City, and set up a large camp outside Pingyao City, completely cutting off the connection between the main force of the Song army and Pingyao; When Zhao Yan led an army of 100,000 to arrive outside Pingyao City, he was taken aback when he saw the Xia army's camp, and the Xia army walked in front of him like a heavenly soldier and a general.
In the big tent of the Song army, Zhao Yan is furious, and now the military rations in the army have been cut off, if they can't enter Pingyao City before noon tomorrow, the 100,000 army can basically be said to be over; Zhao Yan summoned the generals and said: "Now Pingyao is in front of you, but you can't enter, what do you say?"
"Lord Wang, now the grain and grass in the army have been cut off."
The adjutant general said to Zhao Yan: "If the army can't enter the city tomorrow, I'm afraid it will affect the morale of the army, so tomorrow's battle of life and death, Zhao Yan is forcing us to fight a decisive battle with it."
"Tomorrow will not hesitate to replace the decisive battle with the Song army, and the battle will be decided."
Zhao Yan said with determination.
"Swear to follow the prince to the death" On the other side of the Xia army camp, Li Bingchang also joined forces with An Qinggui, and An Qinggui said to Li Bingchang: "You are still a master of the prince, you are a step ahead, and you can actually come up with this trick to block the Song army outside Pingyao City and force them to fight a decisive battle with us." ” "We're running out of time."
Li Bingchang said; "I'm afraid that the grain and grass of our army will be exhausted in such a way, and the previous decision to delay the war was the king's negligence of the Song army's grain and grass, if the Song army really stored a large amount of grain and grass in Pingyao, it is us who is in danger."
"What the prince said is right, what does the prince think about tomorrow's decisive battle" An Qinggui asked Li Bingchang.
Li Bingchang said sharply: "Tomorrow's decisive battle, to put it bluntly, is a battle, the most important thing is within an hour before the battle, as long as we can block the attack of the Song army in the previous hour, the victory will be more than eighty percent; According to the king's estimation, the Song army's food and grass should have been exhausted, as long as we do not let the Song army enter the city, and we cannot get food and grass supplies, the Song army will be defeated before sunset tomorrow; Tomorrow, all 50,000 iron cavalry will be put into battle, dragging the Song army outside the city. ” "The prince is shengming, and the last general will take the order" Late at night, outside the Song army camp, a Song army officer Pegasus arrived, when he came to the Song army camp, the officer fell directly under the war horse, and the soldiers guarding the camp hurriedly helped the people up; The officer said to the sergeant: "Take me to the prince quickly, I have an important military report." ” With the support of the guards in the camp, the officer came to the big tent of the Chinese army, and after seeing Zhao Yan, the officer immediately knelt down and cried bitterly: "Lord Wang, the big thing is not good, the Xia army raided the spirit stone, and the spirit stone was lost." ” "What are you talking about" Zhao Yan almost didn't faint when he heard the news, the loss of the spirit stone is even more terrible than the loss of Pingyao, that is his own back road, Zhao Yan can't go back to his home this time.
For the Great Song Dynasty, the loss of 100,000 troops is nothing, even the loss of 200,000 does not matter, after all, the Great Song Dynasty has a large population and soldiers, and it can be said that it is inexhaustible, but if the prince commander of a million army loses it, it will be over; Zhao Yan not only has a 100,000 army under his command, but also millions of troops stationed in the north of the Great Song Dynasty, if Zhao Yan is captured or killed by the Xia army here, then the entire Song army north of the Huai River is equivalent to losing the supreme commander, and an army without a commander is equivalent to a rabble.
After learning that the spirit stone was lost, Zhao Yan was not thinking about how to fight a decisive battle with the Xia army, but thinking about how to leave this ghost place quickly, in fact, Zhao Yan himself knew that there was still one last glimmer of hope, that is, to completely defeat the Xia army before sunset tomorrow, and then go south to attack the spirit stone, and reopen the connection between himself and the rear; But at this time, Zhao Yan had to make the worst plan, what if he was defeated tomorrow It is impossible for Zhao Yan to evacuate from the direction of Lingshi, if he is defeated tomorrow, Zhao Yan's only hopeful way to survive is to cross the Lutai Mountain and enter the territory of the Weisheng Army, but it is simply impossible to climb over this mountain with an army of 100,000; Zhao Yan immediately sent someone to find his own personal lieutenant.
This pro-soldier lieutenant has been following Zhao Chen, and was given the surname Zhao by Zhao Chen, and given the name Zhao Qun; After Zhao Qun came in, he immediately saluted Zhao Yu and said: "The lowly Zhao Qun visited the prince, I don't know what the prince is looking for in the middle of the night."
Zhao Yan said to Zhao Qun: "Just now, this king received news that the Xia army has captured Lingshi, which means that our way to retreat south has been completely blocked; In such a situation, the king had to prepare for the worst; If we win the decisive battle tomorrow, it is good to say that our army can go south to recapture the spirit stone, but if we are defeated, the Great Song Dynasty will be in danger. ” "I don't understand what the prince means, so I ask the prince to show me."
Zhao Qun said.
"If you can't win tomorrow, I hope you can protect him from here."
Zhao Yan stared at Zhao Qun and said.
Zhao Yan was shocked: "Lord Wang, you have to give up the 100,000 army and escape alone." ” "Do you think this king really wants to abandon the army and leave alone?"
Zhao Yan said very angrily and bitterly; "This king is also forced to do this, and you have thought about what will happen if this king dies; The million-strong army in the northern part of my Great Song Dynasty will be leaderless, and they will become lambs under the iron riding of the Xia army, and the northern defense line that my Great Song Dynasty has spent a lot of money to build in the past few years will collapse instantly, and the Great Song Dynasty will probably be destroyed by then. ” "Humble and stupid, I didn't think of so much, and I asked the prince to give me my sin."
Zhao Qun immediately knelt on the ground and said.
"Hurry up."
Zhao Ju helped Zhao Qun up and said; "Zhao Qun, you have been with this king for a long time, and you should also learn to lead an army alone, in the future, this vision pattern should be enlarged a little, now the Great Song Dynasty is in an eventful autumn, and the war between us and Great Xia has just begun, and we can't judge heroes by temporary success or failure."
"I understand the humble position, thank you for the teachings of the prince" "You personally select five thousand elites, you don't have to participate in the battle tomorrow, just go to the southeast and hide and wait for the king."
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