The 300,000 Xia army retreated for 50 miles under the command of Li Yi, the capital of Anxi, and did not continue to retreat, and at this time the Serbian army had occupied the original Xia army camp, although the Xia army took the initiative to retreat, but it gave the Serbian army a false impression, that is, the Xia army's grain and grass were about to run out, and this news soon spread among the coalition army composed of the Serbian army and the Ghaznavid army, and the morale of the entire coalition army of 600,000 troops was very high.
The composition of the coalition army, which was dominated by the Seljuk Empire army, was as follows: the 600,000 army of the coalition army was a mixed army of infantry and cavalry, of which there were 400,000 cavalry and only 200,000 foot soldiers; You must know that the Seljuk Turks were nomadic in origin, and a large part of the territory occupied by the Seljuk Empire was not suitable for farming, but suitable for grazing; Therefore, the army of the Seljuk Empire, like the army of the Bactrian Empire, was mainly cavalry, supplemented by foot soldiers.
Due to the discarding of all the camp tents, so the Xia army did not have enough tents to build camps after evacuation, the 300,000 Xia troops were basically resting in the field, the 300,000 Xia troops were a fast mobile force, the reason is that they were equipped with a large number of horses, the 300,000 Xia army had nearly a million horses, because the vast territory occupied by the Great Xia Empire had many grasslands, so the Great Xia Empire never lacked horses.
The original summer army camp has become the camp of the coalition army at this time, the coalition army is stationed here 400,000 troops, and the other 200,000 troops are all stationed in the city of Telma, at this time all the generals of the coalition army are in the big tent of the Chinese army, the prince Xue Qiaoe sits in the position of the commander, led by the veteran Mehat.
Xue Qiaoe said to everyone: "Generals, according to the report, the Xia army has retreated for fifty miles, and the reason why the Xia army has retreated is because their grain and grass have basically been exhausted, this is a good time for us to counterattack, I don't know what the generals think."
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, the old minister thinks that we should still be cautious, after all, we all know the combat power of the Xia Army, and if we pursue rashly, it is very likely that not only will we not take advantage of it, but what if this is the trap of the Xia Army" The veteran Mehhat reminded the Prince Xue Qiaohe.
Xue Qiaoer looked at the veteran Mehhat coldly and said: "Old general, you shouldn't be cowardly, if you don't dare to go, the prince will lead an army of 500,000 alone, and the remaining 100,000 troops will be left for you to guard the city of Terra." ” "Your Highness, think twice," said Mehhard, making a final effort.
Xue Qiaoe since he was almost fowled in the last war, he planted the seeds of revenge in his heart, Xue Qiaoe has always wanted revenge, and this time Xue Qiaoe saw it as a rare and opportunity, the reason why the last Serbian army failed to attack, Xue Qiaoer attributed most of the reasons to the firearms of the Xia army, and this time the Xia army ran out of ammunition and food in Xue Qiaoer's eyes It was an excellent opportunity, without the support of firearms, the Xia army fought with the coalition army on the plain It was half a catty to eight taels.
In the past battles between the Xia army and the Serbian army, mainly artillery is a long-range attack weapon, this kind of weapon has a very serious flaw, that is, it is cumbersome, Xue Qiaoer also grasped this characteristic to raid the Xia army, Xue Qiaoe's battle plan is actually very simple, 400,000 allied cavalry are sealed as left and right, outflanking the retreating troops of the Xia army, and then dividing the Xia army into pieces, eating the Xia army in one bite, As for the remaining 100,000 foot soldiers, they were used to capture prisoners.
In terms of tactics, the Serbian army imitated the previous attack method of the Xia army, and it was proved that this was also the most suitable attack method for cavalry combat, not attacking from the enemy's front, but specifically attacking the enemy's big weakness; Of course, in addition to this attack plan, Xue Qiaoer also has a backup plan, that is, a flip-flop; Let the 400,000 allied cavalry drag the Xia cavalry, and finally the Xia cavalry until the Xia army runs out of food and collapses, although this strategy is good, but the effect is relatively slow, and it is only an alternative; The reason why the Serbian army was able to afford it was because the Serbian army put a large amount of grain and grass in the city of Terma, although it lost part of it in the artillery fire of the Xia army, but this time Xue Qiaoe collected a large amount of grain and grass ordnance from the Ghaznavid Dynasty to replenish it.
In the early morning of the next day, Xue Qiaoer led 500,000 Serbian troops to attack the Xia army's withdrawal army, fifty miles was a very close distance for cavalry, but not long after Xue Qiaoe launched the attack, Li Yi, the commander of the Xia army, received the news that the coalition army was coming to attack.
"Report, report, report to the prince, most of the capital protection, a large number of cavalry of the Serbian army is rapidly approaching in our direction."
The general of the sentry cavalry hurried in to report.
Li Yi ordered very decisively: "Order all departments to resist the enemy according to the predetermined plan." ” "Yes, follow the orders of the capital."
All the generals were ordered to go.
After everyone went out, Li Yi said to Li Zhe, the king of Qin: "Lord Wang, just stay in the big tent and watch the battle."
"No, this king wants to be with you."
Li Zhe, the king of Qin, said very decisively: "Although this king is young, what flows on his body is the blood of the Great Xia royal family, and the men of the Great Xia royal family have never flinched on the battlefield. ” Under the persuasion of Li Zhe, the king of Qin, Li Yi brought Li Zhe to the battlefield, Li Yi, as the commander of the 300,000 army, naturally could not go to the front line to fight, after all, the Xia army is no longer the Xia army of the year, under the command of Li Yi, the 300,000 army of the Xia army is divided into two parts, of which 200,000 are cavalry battles, and the other 100,000 troops are dismounted and foot battles, of which 50,000 of the 100,000 infantry battles are heavy firearms troops, and the remaining 50,000 are crossbowmen and knife and axe hands, responsible for protecting the firearms army.
"Newspapers, reports, and reports are mostly protected, and the Serbian army attacks our army from both flanks."
A sentry came to report.
"Order the Heavy Firearms Corps to turn around and open fire on the attacking Cypriots."
Li Yi decisively issued a military order.
The attack methods of the heavy firearms battalion are divided into three types, the first is the short-range defense of the firearms, the second is the medium-range defense of the artillery, and the last one is the long-range attack of the missiles, and the missiles of the heavy firearms battalion are loaded on the carriage and have been prepared for a long time, so after receiving the military order, the missile troops are the first to act to reach the predetermined position for launch, and at the same time, the firearms of the summer army also began to move to the two flanks to form a defensive line, and the heavy artillery troops began to turn the muzzles, although they are still in place, and they will be affected in the range.
But doing so will always save you trouble.
After Li Yi's military order was issued, tens of thousands of missiles from each flank rose into the air and rushed towards the offensive route of the Serbian army, the accuracy of the missiles was very poor, the coverage of tens of thousands of missiles was very wide, and the coalition forces at home were cavalry attacks, so the offensive surface of the coalition forces was also very broad, and the missiles of the Xia army also brought a lot of losses to the cavalry of the coalition army, and the key was a great blow to the morale of the Serbian army
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