Looking at the flames that exploded in the distance, the Seed Master Dao almost fainted; The planter asked the future beside him, "How many people are there in our army that attacked the cliffs on both sides?"
"There are seventy or eighty thousand people.
"That's eighty thousand."
Seed Master Dao said with a flushed face; Immediately after a pop, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, if it weren't for the help of others, the seed master Dao would probably have fallen to the ground, the loss of these 80,000 elites, for the Jianghuai army of the seed master Dao is already a little broken, in addition to the loss of troops in the first two days of attack, the total strength of the Song army has been no less than 100,000 people.
The reason why there is today's scene is entirely because of the preparations made by the Xia army last night, and the thirty dead soldiers selected by Lu He last night were to carry out this task, as for the gunpowder was urgently buried last night, all the gunpowder was in barrels, and it was buried directly in the ground, and then some hidden soldiers were dug to let the dead soldiers hide inside, and when the Song army was about to evacuate, they lit the medicine twist respectively, in fact, the time to ignite the medicine twist was arranged by Lu He himself, with the sound of the horn as an order, but because the sound of the Song army was too loud, The dead soldier of the Xia army who hid in the ground, only heard the sound of Ming Jin and did not hear the sound of the horn, and the dead soldier of the Xia army ignited the medicine twist completely at his own judgment, which was an accidental coincidence.
In any case, the Xia army made a lot of money in this battle, exchanging 30 people for 80,000 elites of the Song army, of course, a lot of gunpowder was still used, more than 20,000 catties, which is a drop in the bucket for the gunpowder stored in Mangdang Mountain; After the explosion ended, the Xia soldiers reoccupied the place and mended the Song army, who were only stunned or injured.
"General Yu, the battlefield has been cleared, and the Song army has not left a single living mouth."
Xia will report to Lu Heyu.
Lu He's face was still very solemn and said: "Okay, order the army to be ready to prevent the Song army from sneaking up." ” "Yes, Admiral Order" After General Xia left, Lu He called a herald, and Lu He said to the herald: "Ben will have a life-and-death mission handed over to you, do you dare to take it?"
"General, dare to accept the lowly position."
"Okay, you immediately go to the Song army camp, go to meet the commander of the Song army, and tell them that Ben Jiang has bought a million catties of gunpowder on this Mangdang Mountain, and as long as they dare to attack, Ben will detonate them in turn, and all the Song troops will die together."
Lu He said to the herald; "If you are unfortunately killed, your parents, wife and children will take care of you, even if Ben will not be there, His Royal Highness King Qi will take care of you, if you can come back alive, Ben will personally ask the prince for his life, promote you to the deputy general of Mangdang Mountain, and reward you with gold and silver beauties."
"Thank you general, the last general will live up to the general's expectations."
The herald said excitedly.
"What's your name?"
Lu He asked the herald.
"Humble Horse Six."
"Ma Liu, you can go with confidence, everything is here with General Ben."
Lu He said to Ma Liu.
After receiving Lu He's military order, Ma Liu immediately set off for the camp of the Xia army; Lu He came to the door of the Xia army's camp and said, "The envoy of the Xia army has come to ask for a meeting, and I will report to you as a commander." ” On the other side, the planter sat on the handsome chair with a haggard face, and a guard of the camp came in to report: "Report to the commander, there is a person from outside the camp, claiming that it is the special envoy of the Xia army who asks to see the commander." ” Seed Master Dao frowned and said, "Let him come in."
Ma Liu came to the front of the Song army's camp under the leadership of the Song army's gatekeeper general, and Ma Liu immediately bowed to the seed master after coming to the Chinese army's big tent and said: "Ma Liu, the special envoy of the Xia army, visited the master of the planter. ” "Envoy Ma is advantageous, get up, come to find Ben Shuai, what's the matter?"
asked Master Ma Liu.
Ma Liu said to the seed master: "On the order of my general, I have come to meet the seed marshal; Today, it is very clear who wins and who loses in the battle between the two armies, and my general asked me to tell the commander that the entire Mangdang Mountain has been buried with gunpowder, and if the Song army attacks at the cost of casualties, our Xia army will be with him to the end."
The seed master Dao was full of anger but there was no way, and finally the seed master said angrily to Ma Liu: "Come and send off the guests for Ben Shuai" Ah Liu's ability to leave alive was definitely a surprise for him personally, and after Ma Liu left the Song army camp, the master asked the generals: "What do the generals think about this matter?"
"Marshal, the last general thought that the Xia army actually released this words, must be ready to die for the whole army, if our army is still fighting to the death with the Song army in this situation, it is really unwise, the last general asked for the order to temporarily stop the offensive against the Xia army, our army might as well implement the tactics of encircling and sending reinforcements, with the Mangdang Mountain camp as a base, to attract the arrival of Xia army reinforcements to the greatest extent to kill and damage the superior forces of the Xia army, especially the Xuzhou army of the Song army" Just when the Song army was discussing how to deal with the attack on the Xia army, on the battlefield on the western front, the Xia army commander Prince Li Wu was preparing to attack Xiangyang, Xiangyang is a barrier to the south into the Jingxiang area, and the Xia army of Xiangyang laid a solid foundation for the future to take Xiangyang, but it is not easy to take Xiangyang, a strong city, the Song army stationed 100,000 troops in Xiangyang, these 100,000 troops are the elite of the Xia army Jianghan Legion, the strongest combat group, and the Song army also put a large amount of gunpowder and weapons in Xiangyang City, As for the grain and grass, there is no need to worry about it at all.
Xiangyang is backed by the Jianghan Plain, grain and grass and other materials can be continuously supplied to the front line, so the Song army stationed in Xiangyang does not need to worry about the problem of grain and grass, the base camp of the Jiangling Mansion Song Army and the Jianghan Army, the commander of the Jianghan Army Wang Kai's marshal mansion is in the city of Jiangling Mansion, since the Song army and the Xia army entered the state of war again, Wang Kai has been thinking about how to wash away the humiliation of the past, how to recapture the hinterland of the Central Plains that originally belonged to the Great Song Dynasty, but to recapture the Central Plains is not an overnight thing, must be considered in the long run.
Because the Jianghan army is backed by the Dongting Lake Plain and the Jianghan Plain, the grain and grass are very sufficient, so after the Song and Xia entered the state of confrontation again, the Jianghan army once again entered the state of army expansion, because Wang Kai knew very well that it was basically impossible to recapture the Central Plains with the strength of these large armies under his command, and the quality of the soldiers of the Song army was not half a star and a half worse than the quality of the soldiers of the Xia army, so the Jianghan army entered the stage of large-scale expansion again.
Jiangling Mansion, in the mansion of the marshal of the Jiang Han Army.
A Song general reported to Wang Kaiyu, commander of the Jianghan Army: "Marshal, our army has now expanded by 200,000 troops, and now the newly incorporated 200,000 marching troops are being trained in the public security city, and it is expected that they will be ready for the battlefield in three months." ” "What is the movement of the Xia army?"
Wang Kai asked General Song.
"Marshal, the Xia army is currently marching towards Xiangyang, and there is no trend of further south."
Song will report to Wang Kaiyu.
"Don't take it lightly no matter what, don't underestimate the Xia army, their combat power is far above us":