The Xia army camp in Qi County, after the original Song army camp was conquered by the Xia army, Li De stationed his soldiers and horses here; At this time, Li De was looking to the east outside the camp and waiting for Xu He to lead the cavalry to return, Xu He went but took away all the elites under Li De's command, although he recognized Xu He's ability, but he was still a little worried, after all, the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and no one knows what will happen in the next second.
Soon Li Debian heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, and then a huge cavalry appeared in Li De's field of vision, and Xu He's flying horse came to Li De's front and bowed down and said, "The last general, Xu He, see the prince." ” "Get up," Li De said as he helped Xu He up.
Xu He got up and said to Li De: "The last general has completed the task, and now return the talisman." ” Li De took back the talisman in Xu He's hand and said, "Let's go into the city and talk in detail." ” After returning to the big tent of the Chinese army, after the two of them sat down, Xu He reported to Li De: "Lord Yu, this time the last general led the army to pursue the Song army, killing nearly 50,000 Song troops along the way, and our army lost only a few hundred. ” "In this way, the losses of the Song army this time should be around 100,000 people."
Li De said with a smile; "This time, the Song army on the left can be said to be a big injury."
"Lord Wang, are our army suffering big losses?"
Xu He asked Li De.
Li De's face was a little heavy and said: "The losses of our army are not small, estimated at nearly 150,000 people. ” "150,000 people, how can there be so many" Xu He asked in surprise.
Li De said to Xu He; "Except for those who died in battle, most of them took advantage of the chaos of the war to flee."
"These really don't know how to lift, and the last general will send someone to arrest them back."
Xu He said to Li De.
"No need, people have their own ambitions and don't have to force them, even if these people are caught, they don't really follow us, but they will become hidden dangers, it's better to leave, and there is still some food left."
"Lord Wang, now that the Song army has been defeated and greatly injured, should we take advantage of the victory to pursue and drive the Song army back to the south of the Huai River?"
"Although the Song army has been injured, after all, there are still 100,000 troops, and there are follow-up soldiers and horses."
Li De considered; "I order you to take your brothers to clean up the battlefield, and the army will withdraw to Suzhou City in three days."
"Lord Wang, do you mean to give up the south of the canal, what about Bozhou, do you want to send someone to guard Bozhou?"
Xu He asked Li De.
"Bozhou is meaningless, give up Bozhou."
"But the prince" "Carry out the order," Li De said with a straight face.
"Yes, the last general commands."
Three days later, the Xia army withdrew from the area south of the canal, taking advantage of the Xia army's withdrawal, Zhang Dian immediately sent soldiers and horses to recover Qi County, Bozhou and other places, and wrote to the Song Emperor Zhao Xu that although the Song army lost 100,000 people in the battle of Qi County, it annihilated nearly 200,000 enemies, and recovered the lost territory south of the canal, and drove the Xia army to the area north of the canal.
Although Zhang Dian said this to exonerate himself, but he was also afraid that Zhao Xu would be timid once he was defeated, and did not dare to continue to fight against the Xia army, and at the same time, Zhang Dian realized the strength of the Xia army and the wisdom of the Xia army's commanders in this battle, so Zhang Dian asked Zhao Xu for more troops, and immediately recruited new troops in order to continue to fight with the Xia army.
Looking back at Tongguan again, Xia Emperor Li Liangzuo led an army of 130,000 to Hangu Pass, the army did not carry out any concealed march, because Li Liangzuo knew that the Song army had been prepared for defense, so there was no need for a concealed march, the main force of the Xia army led by Li Liangzuo was encamped twenty miles west of Hangu Pass, which was already the closest position to Hangu Pass, and the Hangu Pass could be clearly seen from the watchtower in the summer barracks.
"Your Majesty, the camp has been settled, and the tanma who went to Hangu Pass has also returned, claiming that Hangu Pass is impregnable."
Li Hu'er said to Li Liangzuo after coming to the big tent of the Chinese army.
At this time, the Xia army camp did not float Li Liangzuo's imperial flag, but Li Huer's handsome flag, so the Song army did not know that Xia Emperor Li Liangzuo personally led the army to the city of Hangu Pass.
"Command the army, rest for three days, and launch an attack on Hangu Pass in three days."
Li Liangzuo gave a military order very plainly.
"Yes, the last general commands" These three days can be said to be the most peaceful three days of Hangu Pass, although the Xia army did not attack the city in these three days, but the Xia army is actively preparing, the Xia Emperor Li Liangzuo for the Hangu Pass Song Army to prepare the secret weapon, in fact, it seems that today it is nothing is a hot air balloon, but in this period is a cross-era product, in order to make these thirty-five hot air balloons Li Langzuo has spent a lot of effort, the hot air balloons are all oilcloth, and the fuel is also a simple refining of oil; The other most important thing is the weapons, which are all handmade special bombs.
The hot air balloon test in Tongguan has been completed before, and these three days are used to prepare the giant bomb; A hot air balloon can carry a 200-pound bomb operated by two people, or two 100-pound bombs, due to the limited power of black powder, no matter how small the bomb is, it is not of much significance, it can be thrown with a catapult, in order to attack Hanguguan this 10,000 pounds of gunpowder, even if the bomb is used up by then, you can also use the explosives package The three days passed quickly, and the date for the battle against Hangu Pass had arrived, and Li Liangzuo could clearly see the situation on the entire battlefield when he stood on the watchtower in the Xia army camp; Li Hu'er came to the watchtower and asked Li Liangzuo for his life: "Your Majesty, all the armies are ready, please give your Majesty's order." ” "This battle is under your full command, and I am here to watch the battle."
Li Liangzuo said very calmly.
"Yes, the last general will take the order" Li Hu'er took the order and left.
After arriving in the middle of the military formation, Li Hu'er ordered: "Order the hot air balloon to be lifted into the air and advance towards Hangu Pass; Ordered the whole army to approach Hangu Pass with catapults and bed crossbows to prepare for the attack."
The Xia army began to move forward step by step, in order to avoid excessive losses to the army, the Xia army was surrounded by giant shields all around, including the top, but even so there were some losses along the way, after the catapult and the bed crossbow arrived at the attack position, the Xia army immediately launched a counterattack, and the battle of Hangu Pass officially broke out The hot air balloon needs to be warmed up before liftoff, so the liftoff is very slow, and at the beginning of the lift-off did not dare to get too close to the Song army, for fear of being shot down by the Song army's bow or bed crossbow, when the thirty hot air balloons were lifted into the air, the whole battlefield suddenly returned to calm, the soldiers on both sides even forgot to fight, everyone looked at these thirty slow things with straight eyes, people are always full of curiosity about a new thing.
"Big brother, look at what it is, how can it fly, do you say that this is not Xia Jun's demon method."
Chongxi asked Chong Hao.
Chong Hao looked at the hot air balloon and said, "Could it be that Xia Jun really knows what kind of demon magic, why does this thing always give me an ominous premonition?"
After seeing the hot air balloon, there was a riot in the entire Song army, and some people even knelt directly on the ground and kowtowed, in their opinion, it was either gods or demons and monsters who could fly.
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