Changshe is the capital of Yingchang Mansion, since ancient times it is a prosperous resort in the Central Plains, Changshe has another name Xuchang, in the Three Kingdoms period here is Cao Cao's nest, although Changshe is rich and prosperous, but it is surrounded by a horse Pingchuan is not conducive to defense militarily; After occupying the Changshe, Li De did not leave immediately, but stationed here, the long-term long-distance marching and fighting has made the Xia army's combat strength plummet, and the 50,000 soldiers and horses under Li De's command urgently need to rest.
Therefore, Li De chose to stay in the Changshe for a while, although the surrounding horses and rivers are not conducive to defense, but it is very suitable for cavalry combat, and the prosperity of the Changshe can allow the Xia soldiers to get enough relaxation and food supplies, after coming to the Changshe, the quality of life of the Xia Army can be said to have been qualitatively improved, the daily meat tube is enough, but the only thing is the restriction on drinking, after all, it is still during the march and war, and drinking too much wine will delay things.
Xinzheng, the forward troops of the Song army have already arrived here; Xinzheng is less than 100 miles away from Changshe, and the cavalry can reach it in only half a day, and according to the marching speed of the Song army, it only takes one day to arrive; At this time, it was Zhang Dunli who led the forward troops of the Song army, after arriving in Xinzheng, Zhang Dunli led the army to stay, and sent a large number of scouts to the south to reconnoiter the Xia army, Zhang Dunli and Li De did not fight, in Zhang Dunli's opinion, in the Xia army, the Yongwang Li De did not have any outstanding place.
In the camp of the Xinzheng and Song armies.
Although only reached 30,000 forwards, but Zhang Dunli set up a camp enough for the use of 150,000 troops, it is obvious that Zhang Dunli is preparing for the subsequent arrival of the army, and at the same time Zhang Dunli began to draw grain and grass from all around to prepare to encircle and annihilate the Xia army, which is an excellent almost for Zhang Dunli, because at this time the combat effectiveness of the Xia army is at a low ebb, although after a few days of rest, but the Xia army has not fully recovered its combat effectiveness.
"Dashuai, according to the report of the Tanma, Xia Jun is still staying in Changshe, and there is no movement, it seems that Li De is not going to run away this time."
The adjutant general walked up to Zhang Dunli's side and said.
Zhang Dunli asked: "When will our Chinese army and rear army arrive?"
"100,000 Chinese troops will arrive at noon tomorrow, and 30,000 rear troops will also arrive in the evening, and the 150,000 troops will be assembled by then."
"Order all scout teams to pay close attention to the movements of the Xia army, and report immediately if there is a situation."
Zhang Dunli ordered.
"Yes, the last general commands" After the lieutenant general left, Zhang Dunli muttered to the map alone; "It's not a good choice to engage the Xia cavalry on the plains, and it seems necessary to set up the battlefield in advance; The most important thing for infantry to fight against cavalry is to cooperate, the advantage of cavalry combat is with the impact force, if you can limit the impact of cavalry, then this battle will be won."
When Zhang Dunli was thinking about how to deal with the impact of the Xia army's cavalry, Yongwang Li De was also thinking about how to deal with Zhang Dunli's army.
Although he can leave the Changshe very calmly, the Song army will stick to himself like a dogskin plaster, and as time grows, the Song army will gradually compress the activity space of the Xia army's cavalry, and the final result is still a battle.
After making up his mind, Li De looked at the map and said viciously: "It's done, victory or defeat is another move."
"Report, report, report to the prince, the Song army scouts are wandering around outside the city of Changshe, do you want to send troops to drive them away" The deputy general asked Li De after coming in.
Li De thought for a while and ordered: "Order, the scout town will attack, and all the Song army scouts will be strangled, don't get too close to the Song army camp, just in case." ” "Yes, I'll do it."
In order to officially carry out the contest between the two armies, it has already begun, in the distance from Xinzheng to Changshe, it has become a battlefield, the scouts of the Xia army and the Song army began to carry out a brutal strangulation, and the scouts of the Song army are also cavalry troops, which is also one of the few elite cavalry forces under Zhang Dunli, but there is still a certain gap compared with the Xia army, first of all, the gap between the two sides is on the war horse.
The war horses used by the Xia army scouts are the descendants of the hybrid of the Arab war horses and the Dawan horses from the Western Regions, which are the excellent horse breeds carefully cultivated by the Great Xia Empire for many years, this kind of war horses are collectively called the Western Regions horses in the cavalry of the Great Xia Empire, the Western Regions horses are taller than the Hexi horses, and the weight is high, the speed is fast, and the endurance is also quite good, after years of development, the Western Regions horses have become the standard configuration of the Xia Army scout troops; However, among the main cavalry of the Xia army, the Hexi horse and the Mongolian horse were still the main forces.
As soon as the scouts of the two sides fought, the Xia army occupied an absolute advantage, relying on the advantages of war horses and systematic training, the Xia army scouts used bows and arrows to shoot the Song army scouts off their horses at a long distance, and the Song army's scout team suffered heavy losses for a while, of course, the scale of the battle between the two sides was very small, often a few people or even a dozen people fought, as time went on Song Army scouts gradually found a way to counter the Xia Army scouts, the Song Army scouts began to multi-team joint action, since one can not fight, Then play two-on-one or three-on-one, as long as you can win, it doesn't matter what method you use.
Time passed quickly, and before I knew it, it had been two days, and the deputy general of the Chinese army in the Xia army reported to Li Deyu, the king of Yong: "Lord Wang, according to the Tanmalai report, the 150,000 troops of the Song army have all gathered in Xinzheng and are actively resting, and the Song army has also requisitioned a large amount of grain, grass and carriages; And the casualties of the scouts have increased rapidly in the past two days, you see, Lord Wang."
"Order the town of Scouts to cease all operations for the time being, and await the king's orders; And go and gather together all the sheep and cattle that I have taken, and the king will be of great use when the time comes.
Li De said to the adjutant general.
"Yes, the last general commands" During this time, the Xia army robbed a lot of cattle and sheep, especially the cattle are estimated to be tens of thousands, except for some of them were killed, the rest are stocked around the Changshe During this period, cattle are an important means of production, especially in the Central Plains, cattle are an indispensable thing, and the people who can have cattle are at least medium and wealthy farmers, and Li De concentrated these cattle because he thought of a classic example in the Warring States Period, Tiandan's fire cattle array, as for whether this fire cattle array can really be implemented, In fact, Li De has no bottom in his heart.
But no matter what, this is an opportunity for Li Delai, if he can completely annihilate or defeat Zhang Dunli's 150,000 Song army, then at least it can guarantee that in the next month, Li De and all his subordinates will not have any threat, and even Li De can lead the Xia army to sweep the entire Central Plains, of course, the premise is that Zhang Dunli's 150,000 army must be solved; While Li De is actively preparing for the war, Zhang Dunli is also actively preparing for the war.
Zhang Dunli wanted to use Wang Kai's successful case on the battlefield in Shangnan to use the car formation to block the impact of the Xia cavalry, but the vehicles used by Zhang Dunli were not modified, and the results of the battle could only be known after the battle.
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