Now on the battlefield of Shangnan, the Xia army is at a disadvantage both in terms of strength and strategic situation, and the only thing that the Xia army can compete with the Song army is its own combat strength, of course, it is not easy for both sides to win in such a good situation, in the cold weapon war, the key to victory is not only the combat effectiveness of the army, but also the strategy of the commander, and the cooperation between the armies.
After the failure of the attack on the Song army's chariot array, Qin Hu immediately sent his lieutenant general to report the situation to Li Wuyu; The 60,000 foot soldiers led by Li Wu and the 50,000 iron cavalry led by Qin Hu were only more than 40 miles, which was very close for the cavalry; The adjutant general came to Li Wu's side and reported: "Report, report, report to the prince, our army encountered strong resistance when attacking the Song army's baggage army, the Song army formed a circle formation with grain trucks, and kept counterattacking with a rain of arrows, our army's first attack failed and there were many casualties, General Qin judged that this was a trap of the Song army, and the Song army had already prepared for an attack on our army."
Hearing what the adjutant general said, Li Wu frowned, and then said, "Bring the map." ” After the map was brought, the two sergeants unfolded it, and Li Wu pointed to the map and said: "You see that this is the battlefield where we fought with the Song army, it is a long and narrow strip, and now the Song army is equivalent to blocking these two ends; Originally, the king's plan was to concentrate the cavalry to wipe out all the baggage troops of the Song army, and then turn around to deal with the Song army under Wang Kai's department, but now it seems that the king's plan has failed, and the Song army has long been prepared for this."
"Lord Wang, what should I do next?"
the deputy general asked Li Wu.
Li Wu said very decisively: "Since you can't destroy the Song army's baggage army, then destroy Wang Kai's troops first; Qin Hu was ordered to use 10,000 iron cavalry to drag the Song army's baggage army to the king, and the remaining 40,000 iron cavalry were immediately transferred back and handed over to the king's unified command. ” "Yes, the last general commands" After the deputy general returned, he sent an order to Qin Hu: "The prince ordered that 40,000 iron cavalry should be transferred, and let the general lead 10,000 iron cavalry to drag the Song army's baggage army. ” When Qin Hu heard this military order, he immediately handed over 40,000 iron cavalry to the deputy general, it is not an easy thing to drag down the 80,000 Song army with 10,000 iron cavalry, it is impossible for the Song army to shrink there all the time, Qin Hu said to the deputy general: "This general can hold the Song army for a maximum of an hour, so that the prince can quickly solve the battle." ” "Yes, the last will understand" After the 40,000 iron cavalry arrived, Li Wu had 100,000 troops in his hands, and on the frontal battlefield, the strength of the Song and Xia forces was exactly the same, and in addition to the strong combat effectiveness of the Xia army, Li Wu's chances of victory in this field battle were very great, but there was also a problem, that is, Li Wu led the 100,000 army must be defeated within an hour, and the 100,000 Song army led by Wang Kai must be defeated within an hour.
There is even less chance of a comeback.
After the arrival of 40,000 iron cavalry, Li Wu immediately began to set up the formation, at this time Wang Kai's Song army had not yet arrived at the scheduled battlefield, but Li Wu couldn't wait, and took the lead in leading 40,000 Xia army iron cavalry to the west, preparing to fight to the death with the Song army; Wang Kai was leading his army to the east at this time, and the two armies rushed towards each other like two torrents of steel.
Taking advantage of the unstable formation of the Song army, Li Wu decisively issued a military order: "Brothers live and die here, kill me" Li Wu rushed to the Song army first, at this time the battle greatly surprised Wang Kai's expectations, Wang Kai did not expect that Li Wu dared to take the initiative to attack himself, the Xia army's attack and its fierceness, while the Song army was not stable foothold has not yet set up a position, Li Wu chose to strike first, as soon as the two armies fought, the Song army was taken by surprise, but this was just the beginning, in the face of the sudden attack of the Xia army, Wang Kai quickly ordered all departments to defend on the spot, trying to block the offensive of the Xia cavalry.
"Each department is divided around the block, and the Song army cannot be allowed to complete the assembly."
Li Wu ordered in a loud voice.
The cavalry of the Xia army kept in the Song army to carry out this charge, so that the Song army could not organize a solid defense line, the army had no way to assemble, there was no way to block the attack of the Xia army, so Wang Kai's department fell into a dead loop, under the blow of 40,000 Xia army iron cavalry, the Song army had no power to fight back, in the field battle, the Xia army cavalry could completely block two, or even one as three, in the face of the charge of the Xia army iron cavalry, the Song army was only slaughtered.
The battle has been going on for half an hour, at this time the Xia army's follow-up 60,000 foot reinforcements have arrived, and they launched the strangulation of the Song army together, although Wang Kai desperately tried to save the defeat, but it was too late, after all, the field battle is different from the holding war, in the field battle, especially in this situation with the same strength, in addition to the hasty battle, the defeat of Wang Kai's troops is inevitable; Under the command of Li Wu, the Xia army began to divide and encircle the Song army, breaking them individually.
"General, the general trend has gone, and we can't hold it anymore."
The adjutant general said to Wang Kai; "If you stay in the green mountains, you are not afraid of no firewood, general, let's withdraw first."
Faced with the persuasion of the adjutant general, Wang Kai finally ordered: "Concentrate all the elites to break through the frontal defense line of the Song army and kill me" Under the leadership of Wang Kai, a Song army of more than 8,000 people launched a counterattack on the weak point of the Xia army, and broke through the defense line of the Xia army in one fell swoop.
"Order all the troops to abandon the pursuit of the Song army fleeing west, and go all out to pursue the Song army fleeing east," Li Wu ordered.
Two legs can't run four legs anyway, many soldiers knives under the scimitar of the Xia army, but it is too early to think that Wang Kai is completely defeated, Wang Kai led his troops all the way east, and it didn't take long to encounter the Song army's baggage army, the baggage army marched slowly, and in addition to Qin Hu's non-stop attack, the marching speed was even slower, so in the Song and Xia main decisive battle plan, the Song army's baggage army could not support at all.
Li Wu led the army to pursue Wang Kai's eastward fleeing troops, until he joined with the 10,000 iron cavalry led by Qin Hu, although the first stage of victory was achieved, but it was still very difficult to completely annihilate the remnants of the Song army, after all, the Song army still had 80,000 baggage troops, plus Wang Kai's 20,000 remnants, there were still 100,000 people, Li Wu stopped the pursuit before chasing the Song army's baggage army, and the two armies lined up and confronted each other.
At the same time, the Xia army in Shangnan City also launched an attack, although the Song army defending the city was also desperately defending, but the Xia army was too strong so it was soon unable to hold it, and most of the Song army was captured except for the rest who died in battle, after all, the Song army's eastward escape road in Shangnan City has been completely cut off; Wang Kai's plan in this battle is quite shrewd, but the shortcoming is the grasp of the battlefield time, Wang Kai did not expect that Li Wu would decisively turn around a large number of troops to meet himself without gnawing the heavy army, so Li Wu was caught off guard.
Although the Xia army achieved a phased victory, the losses were not small, and now the war is not over, the two armies are still facing each other, and a new battle may break out at any time.
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