At night, Shangnan City, the front camp of the summer army.
Li Wu, the king of Qin, asked Qin Hu, "How about the battle results?"
"It has been roughly counted, our army lost nearly 15,000 people in this battle, most of whom were people who dared to die; The losses of the Song army were between 30,000 and 40,000," Qin Hu said to Li Wu.
"The battle damage has reached one to two, this is just the beginning, the loss is a bit too big," Li Wu said with some heartache.
Qin Hu said to Li Wu: "This battle is different from the past, and the Song army's resistance is very fierce, in this regard, the Song army's combat strength has increased the least compared with the past, and the Song army's garrison commander is also very well commanded. ” In fact, Li Wu has also realized this problem, Li Wu said after careful thinking: "Today's daytime battle, the Song army is exhausted, can't let them change their strength, tonight you lead people to continue to attack the Song army, our army strength is twice that of the Song army, except for today's siege troops, the rest of the soldiers and horses are involved in the night attack, before dawn to take the entire outer city." ” "Yes, the last general commands" When the Xia army was preparing for a night attack, the Song army was actually not idle, and the Song army guard Wang Kai was also convening the seriously injured to discuss the military situation, although the Song army suffered a tragic defeat in today's battle, but the main force of the Song army was still there, and there was still the power of a battle, first in the hands of Wang Kai There were more than 60,000 troops, of which 30,000 troops did not participate in the battle during the day, that is, the new force.
"Although we have lost the city wall now, the main force of our army is still there, and we still have a chance."
Wang Kai said to the generals; "The key to whether our army can hold Shangnan depends on tonight's battle; Although the Xia army has entered the city, the area occupied by the Xia army is not large, and the army that has entered the city is not very large, as long as we can drive the Xia army out tonight, then we still have a chance to hold Shangnan City, so General Ben decided to launch an attack on the Xia army tonight and recapture the position lost during the day in one fell swoop. ” Although the generals of the Song army were shocked by this, they still took the military order and said: "The last general takes the order" In fact, the results of the day did not get the results they wanted, so they could only work the party, this time the commanders of the two armies of the Song and Xia Dynasty thought of going together, both sides made active preparations, in this kind of night battle, whoever launched the attack first will be able to grasp the initiative first, compared to the Song army, the mobilization speed of the Xia army is faster, and the Xia army is a mixed battle of infantry and cavalry, first there are cavalry to attack and occupy the predetermined strategic objectives, and then the infantry to follow up and expand the results.
In the face of the sudden attack of the cavalry of the Xia army, the Song army that had just been assembled to prepare for the attack was attacked, and the two sides immediately started to fight, although it was in the street battle, but the cavalry still had an advantage, and under the cover of the night, under the blow of the superior forces of the Xia army, the Song army was defeated and retreated; Although the Song army also launched counter-assaults many times, they were all blocked back by the Xia army, and the fighting in the entire Shangnan City lasted all night, and the Xia army was also expanding the territory under its control step by step.
Li Wu and Wang Kai both divided their armies into two, from day to night non-stop fighting, although the territory controlled by the Song army is getting smaller and smaller, and the losses are getting bigger and bigger, but Wang Kai has never ordered the evacuation of Shangnan City, under the leadership of Wang Kai, the Song army desperately resisted, seriously slowing down the speed of the Xia army to capture Shangnan City, Wang Kai is so insistent is waiting for the follow-up reinforcements of the Song army, in Wang Kai's opinion, as long as the reinforcements can arrive on time, the Song army still has the hope of recapturing Shangnan City.
Not only did the Song army continue to invest follow-up troops in Shangnan City, but the Xia army was also the same, the two sides launched a big fight in Shangnan City, and the two sides were very happy to come and go, and the entire Shangnan City became a huge meat grinder, dying every moment.
After three days of the battle, the first batch of reinforcements of the Song army of 100,000 troops arrived, at this time the Song army had lost most of the southern city of Shang, half of the inner city remained, and only part of the eastern city was left in the outer city, before the reinforcements arrived, Wang Kai only had less than 40,000 troops left in his hands, that is to say, in these three days, the Song army lost a total of 60,000 troops; After the arrival of Song reinforcements, the morale of the Song army was greatly increased, and they immediately launched a counteroffensive against the Xia army to recapture part of the controlled area.
"Lord Wang, it's not good, the reinforcements of the Song army have arrived."
Qin Hu hurriedly ran to Li Wu's side and said; "And an attack was launched against us."
Li Wu, who was eating, heard the news, and suddenly put the wooden bowl in his hand on the table and said angrily: "Damn, I am about to take Shangnan City, but at this time, the reinforcements of the Song army have arrived." ” "Lord Wang, what should we do next?"
Qin Hu asked Li Wu.
Li Wu picked up the wooden bowl again, and retracted the rice on the table back into the bowl with chopsticks and said: "It is not a way to fight like this, it is completely mired in a boundless war of attrition, and the army of this king cannot be lost in vain; It seems that we have to think of some other way, when will our follow-up reinforcements arrive?"
"The 50,000 government soldiers have been assembled and set off from the Lantian camp, and it is estimated that they will arrive in two days."
Qin Hu said; "In addition, with the arrival of 50,000 reinforcements, there is also a batch of grain and grass, in this battle, our army has taken a grain from the hands of the Song army, and the Song army will not have time to hold the grain and grass that has not had time to be carried."
"Grain and grass," Li Wu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said; "This king has a way."
"What can the prince do?"
Li Wu continued: "Father once said that the key to the battle of the army is not how many cities to occupy, but to annihilate the living force of the enemy army, now Shangnan City, although our army has not completely captured, but our army has mastered most of the cities, the Song army wants to recapture the city needs to invest more troops, now the Song army has sent 100,000 reinforcements to Shangnan City, which means that the pressure on the Song army's grain road has increased greatly, if we send an iron cavalry at this time to cut off the Song army's grain route, then the 100,000 Song army in the city can become no grain and grass, There is no rescue outside, and there is no food and grass, I think Wang Kai can hold on for a long time. ” "Lord Wang, it's not an easy task to cut off the Song army's grain route, how can we get past with the Song army in front" Qin Hu asked with a frown.
"Stupid, forget it."
Li Wu walked to a map and said; "There are three city gates on the periphery of Shangnan City, namely the West Gate, the East Gate and the South Gate, and now the West Gate and the South Gate are under our control, we can send a cavalry out of the city from the South Gate to bypass the back of the Song army and cut off their grain and grass."
Qin Hu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and said, "Great, this time let's see where Song Jun is fleeing." ” Li Wu immediately issued a military order: "Qin Hu obeys the order, this king will give you 30,000 iron horses, you lead them out of the city from the south gate, attack the Song army's grain road, it is best to take the inner countryside, where is the only way for the Song army to evacuate, if you can take the inner countryside, these 100,000 Song troops will completely become a turtle in the urn." ” "Yes, the last general will receive the order, you just wait and see, Lord Wang" Qin Hu immediately took the order and left.
That night, Qin Hu led 10,000 Xia army iron cavalry from the south gate to leave Shangnan City, and went straight to the rear of the Song army, and a major battle was inevitable.
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