The battlefield is very quiet, and even the sound of the breeze blowing can be heard, in the rear of the Xia army is a battlefield that has just ended the battle, where the smell of blood wafts from, filling the entire sky, although the battle just now lasted less than an hour, but it was 200,000 face-to-face fighting, dozens or even hundreds of people were injured or killed in battle every moment, in this era of underdeveloped medicine, being injured is basically equivalent to pronouncing death, and the battlefield has always been cruel Wang Kai of the Song army officially took over the command of the army, and the defeat just now hit Wang Kai very hard, at this time Wang Kai did not plan to fight with the Xia army again, but in the face of 100,000 Xia troops, it was not so easy for the Song army to retreat, not to mention that now the reinforcements of the Xia army are constantly rushing to the battlefield from afar, and these reinforcements of the Xia army are all from Shangnan City, at this time Shangnan City has completely fallen into the hands of the Xia army.
"General, you see that the Xia army has finished arranging."
The deputy general said to Wang Kai, "Do you think the Xia army will attack us?"
"No, it won't."
Wang Kai said; "The Xia army's strategic purpose has been achieved, and it will not attack us easily; Now that Shangnan City has fallen into the hands of the Xia army, and the losses of the Xia army in this battle are not small, Li Wu will not risk greater losses to attack us easily, he is waiting for the appearance of fighters. ” "Fighter, what fighter," the adjutant general asked puzzled.
"Li Wu is waiting for our army to retreat, so he can lead the army to cover up."
Wang Kai looked at Xia Jun's military formation and said.
Wang Kai lost about 80,000 troops in the first battle, but Li Wu's losses were not small, and the 10,000 iron cavalry led by Qin Hu lost half of the baggage army in order to contain the Song army, and in addition to the loss of more than 10,000 people in the decisive battle between the two armies, the Xia army lost nearly 20,000 people.
In the face of the wolf-like Xia army, Wang Kai was very cautious, because if he was not careful, the 100,000 army under his command was likely to be wiped out again, and once the 100,000 army under Wang Kai's command suffered too much loss, the Song army would basically be unable to stop the pace of the Xia army's eastward advance.
"Lord Wang, it's already noon, do you want to bury the pot and make rice, let the brothers eat first," Qin Hu asked Li Wu.
Li Wu didn't answer, but asked Qin Hu, "How many troops do we have now?"
"Lord Yu, we still have an army of 80,000, including more than 40,000 cavalry, and the rest are foot soldiers."
Qin Hu replied to Li Wu; "However, there are still 70,000 troops coming in the follow-up, and just now the flying cavalry has come to report that our army has taken Shangnan, and most of the Song troops who fled west have been captured by our army."
"Okay, with this 80,000 army, I'll see how Wang Kai escapes this time."
Li Wu said viciously.
Li Wu still has an army of 80,000 in his hands, and if he adds 80,000, that is 160,000; With this 160,000 army in hand, it is to be able to fight Wang Kai to the death, of course, Li Wu is not so stupid to fight to the death with Wang Kai, Xia Jun's principle has always been to exchange the minimum price for the greatest victory.
"General, you see that the Xia army has begun to bury the pot and cook."
The adjutant general pointed to the smoke in the distance and said to Wang Kai.
After Wang Kai saw the rising smoke, he said: "Looking at the smoke of the Song army, it doesn't look like preparing a meal for the 100,000 army, it seems that the follow-up reinforcements of the Xia army are about to arrive." ” "Then general, what should we do, the combat power of the Xia army is already stronger than our army, and if we add reinforcements, our army will be even less of an opponent."
The adjutant general said in a bit of a panic.
"What are you panicking about" Wang Kai angrily reprimanded the deputy general and said: "Tell the brothers that as long as they hold on until dark, the victory will be ours." ” "Yes, General" After noon, the reinforcements of the Xia army arrived, but the 80,000 troops did not come by themselves, and they also brought heavy siege equipment such as catapults, bed crossbows, and building carts, which were all parts that needed to be assembled on site, and all the heavy equipment of the Xia army used standard parts, including crossbow machines and other things; This provided great efficiency for the production of weapons and heavy weapons for the Xia army, and even if something was damaged, it could be quickly replenished.
In just half an hour, the Xia army assembled more than forty catapults, as well as hundreds of heavy bed crossbows, with this batch of heavy equipment, it was simply a tiger with wings for Li Wu, and with them, the Xia army could easily break through the defense line of the Song army.
Seeing that the arrow tower, bed crossbow and catapult were assembled one by one, Wang Kai's heart was wow cool, wow cool, Wang Kai immediately ordered: "Order the bed crossbow to prepare, and attack immediately after the heavy weapons of the Xia army enter the firing range." ” On the other side, Qin Hu said to Li Wu: "Lord Wang, the catapult and the bed crossbow are ready. ” "Okay, let's climb the arrow tower and see the formation of the Song army."
Li Wu said that with this batch of heavy equipment, Li Wu's heart can be regarded as much more down-to-earth.
Li Wu climbed the arrow tower and could clearly overlook the entire Song army's large array; After seeing the whole picture of the Song army's array, Li Wu said: "This king finally knows why they were able to block the iron cavalry of my Xia army. ” "Please also ask the prince to give advice" Li Wu pointed to the large array of the Song army and said: "Qin Hu, you see, this Song army is mainly composed of chariot soldiers, giant shield soldiers and bows and crossbows, supplemented by a certain number of pikemen and heavily armored infantry soldiers equipped with Mo swords, don't you think he looks like a turtle from here?"
"It's a bit like the prince saying that."
Qin Hu said with a smile.
Li Wu continued: "Don't underestimate this kind of turtle shell array, he is simply the nemesis of the cavalry; If it is a battle on the plain, the cavalry has no way to get down, once the cavalry enters the range of the heavy bed crossbow, it will be hit hard, this Song army is equipped with no less than 800 large bed crossbows, and in further depth, it will be subjected to a large dense rain of arrows by crossbowmen, and because there are large carts blocking the periphery, the cavalry can not rush into it at all, it seems that the Song army has made a lot of effort to deal with our cavalry on the plain."
"Lord Wang, you transferred those heavy siege weapons to deal with them," Qin Hu said.
"Not bad."
Qin Hu sneered; "Although the defense of the turtle shell array is amazing, it also has a fatal flaw, that is, the mobility is not good, if it is a battle on the plains, you only need to stagger the enemy's soldiers, and now you only need to use catapults and bed crossbows to smash the turtle shells of the Song army."
"Herald Catapult and Bed Crossbow Attack" "Does the prince use stones or explosives?"
asked Qin Hu.
"Use them all, this king will completely shatter their turtle shells as quickly as possible."
Li Wu said viciously.
The bed crossbow of the Xia army is comparable to the bed crossbow of the Song army, so after being hit by the Xia army, the Song army immediately launched a counterattack, although the bed crossbow of the Song army is numerous, but they are all assigned in different directions to deal with the attack of the Xia cavalry, and the Xia army can concentrate all the firepower to attack its point, all in the frontal battlefield The Song army does not occupy any advantage but is still at a disadvantage.
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