There was no passage between Li Qing and Zhou Hai, and Zhou Hai assembled the army at dawn, an hour later than Li Qing, and the Xia army that attacked the east and west gates of Wuxi City had been prepared; Li Qing, who was riding on a war horse, issued a military order: "Open the city gate."
"Squeak, squeak" The city gate slowly opened, and Li Qing exhaled and ordered: "Go on the expedition" Li Qing took the initiative to attack when he went out of the city this time, in fact, he did not want to attack the camp of the Song army, but to attack the army of the Song army to attack Wuxi City; You must know that Li Qing has no intelligence now, and there is no news about the Song army, all of which is a strategic judgment made by Li Qing from Zhao Xu's point of view, as for whether the Song army will attack Wuxi City, it is two words; To put it simply, Li Qing is completely beating rabbits with grass, and if he has it, he will withdraw if he doesn't.
But Li Qing made the right bet this time, the two armies lost 50,000 pioneers before the war, and they were also put out with the words Zhao Xu's tomb, which made Zhao Xu feel too slap in the face, so Zhao Xu decided to teach Li Qing a lesson, of course, the reason why Zhao Xu chose to do this was not because of a hot brain but after careful consideration.
From Zhao Xu's point of view, think about it according to ordinary people's ideas, before yesterday dusk, the Xia army attacked the Song army's 50,000 troops, and the loss was very small, this is a rare victory no matter when it is placed, the Xia army will inevitably celebrate after returning to the country, and this will also be the time when the Xia army's vigilance is most relaxed, and Zhao Xu chose to launch an attack in the early morning, this time is the time when the soldiers on duty at night are the most tired, according to this line of thought, it is inferred that the probability of Zhao Xu's sneak attack on Wuxi City is more than ninety percent.
But if you want to blame, you can only blame Zhao Xu's bad luck, and met Li Qing, the king of Yan, who has never played a trick, last night the Xia army not only did not celebrate but took strict precautions, and now Li Qing led the whole army to prepare to ambush the Song army outside the city.
"Report, report, report to the general, ten miles ahead is Wuxi City, and the sentry cavalry reports that the city of Wuxi is dark and the Xia army has no movement."
The Song general, who was ordered to go on the expedition, applauded when he heard the news and applauded: "Okay, order the army to speed up and raid Wuxi City." ” The pace of the Song army's advance began to accelerate, and the Song army would not have thought that everything they were now under the surveillance of the Xia army, and 30,000 Xia army elite cavalry and 20,000 Japanese soldiers were lying in ambush on both sides of the road, waiting for the Song army to enter their encirclement step by step; After seeing the Song army, a Xia army spy quickly left under the cover of night and came to Zhou Hai's side and reported: "General, I saw a Song army marching towards Wuxi City, the specific number is unknown. ” "The prince is really a god, and he was able to calculate that the Song army would sneak attack."
"General, what should we do now?"
"Order all ministries not to act rashly, and wait for the prince's military order."
On the other side, after the Song army entered his ambush circle, Li Qing immediately issued a military order: "After the order is given to all units with three rounds of rockets, the cavalry will charge up to meet the Song army in short arms, and this Song army must be completely annihilated in the shortest possible time." ” "Obedience" "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" Tens of thousands of rockets from both sides of the road took off and flew towards the advancing Song army, the Song army that was marching in a neat queue was suddenly attacked and was taken by surprise, the Song general who led the team in front of the army was killed on the spot by several arrows, the Song army lost its commander as soon as the war began, and without a unified command, the various departments of the Song army were chaotic and fought separately; After three rounds of rockets, the Xia cavalry began to charge.
When a general of the rear army of the Song army saw that the situation was not good, he immediately said to an officer beside him: "We are in ambush, hurry back and tell Your Majesty, and let Your Majesty send reinforcements to rescue as soon as possible." ” "Yes, let's go back."
The Song army had 50,000 soldiers and horses in this sneak attack on Wuxi City, even if the Xia army's combat strength was at its peak, it was impossible to completely eat the 50,000 army without an hour, and the battlefield was less than thirty miles away from the Song army's camp, and the follow-up reinforcements of the Song army could arrive at the battlefield in less than an hour, and it would be dangerous if the Song army's reinforcements arrived at Li Qingke.
Outside the big tent of the Chinese army in the camp of the Song army, an officer covered in smoke and dust ran in and shouted: "Report, report, report to Your Majesty, our army has suffered heavy losses due to the sneak attack of the Xia Army, please send troops to rescue as soon as possible." ” Zhao Xu was not only worried when he heard the news, but his face was a little excited, and Zhao Xu asked the visitor: "Where was our army attacked, and how many men and horses did the Xia army have?"
"Your Majesty, more than thirty miles south of the big camp, the Xia army has about tens of thousands, and most of them are cavalry."
Zhao Xu was overjoyed when he heard this: "This is the main force of the Xia army, and the order is to beat the drums and gather troops, and the whole army will quickly rescue." ” After Zhao Xu's military order was issued, the 300,000 troops in the Song army camp poured out, leaving only a few thousand people to guard, this time under the personal command of Zhao Xu, Zhao Xu had already investigated the strength of the Xia army; For Zhao Xu, this is an opportunity, if the Song army can arrive at the battlefield in time and annihilate the Xia army by relying on its superior forces, even if the whole army is annihilated Zhao Xu, he will be willing.
This sneak attack and counter-sneak attack battle eventually evolved into a duel between the Xia and Song armies outside Wuxi; When Zhao Xu led the army to rescue, Li Qingzheng commanded the army under his command to besiege the 50,000 Song army sneak attack troops.
The battle between the two armies lasted for almost an hour, and the sun had come out at this time, but Li Qing had not yet eaten all the 50,000 Song troops.
Zhou Hai returned to Li Qing's side from the battle line and said: "Lord Wang, the Song army has been severely damaged by our army, and the physical strength of our soldiers has decreased rapidly, and the situation is not good for us if we continue to fight, so let's withdraw quickly."
Li Qing didn't speak, and a sentry officer came to Li Qing's side and reported: "Report, report, report to the prince, the Song army's reinforcements are less than five miles away from the battlefield. ” "How many people are there in the Song army?"
"Lord Yu, the whole army of the Song army is dispatched" Li Qing frowned and did not say: "The fighter plane has been lost, and the whole army has been ordered to withdraw to Wuxi City." ” When Zhou Hai heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and ordered: "Yes, the last general will take the order." ” "Order, Mingjin withdraws the troops" "Bell, bell, bell" After hearing this, the cavalry of the Xia army who was strangling the Song army heard this, and immediately broke away from the contact with the Song army and withdrew to Wuxi City like a tide, and the Japanese soldiers naturally withdrew with the Xia army, but the Japanese soldiers were two legs after all, so when they were evacuated, many Japanese soldiers were poisoned by the Song army, and after the Xia army and the Japanese soldiers were evacuated, the Song army did not dare to pursue rashly, for fear of being ambushed by the Xia army.
Song Emperor Zhao Xu led an army of 300,000 to the battlefield, in addition to the corpses in addition to one place, only more than 10,000 troops were left to clean up the battlefield, the Song army lost nearly 40,000 people in this battle, more than 1,000 cavalry casualties of the Xia army, nearly 5,000 casualties of the Japanese soldiers, looking at the corpses of the Song army all over the ground; Zhao Xu was so red that his face was flushed, and he said angrily: "Spread my will, and the whole army will attack Wuxi City."
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