Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 654
The war has been going on for half an hour, the mud wall has been overthrown and flattened, mixed with the corpses piled up on the ground, polluted with blood, it is hard to tell which is the sandbag and which is the corpse?
The [-] party cavalry who charged in at the beginning have all been killed, and the second [-]-man cavalry is fighting fiercely with the Song army. Their task is to tear through the Song army's defense line and push the battlefield to the wide area behind, otherwise the three behind will be killed. There is no use for Wan cavalry to be anxious.

The Song army did not give in at all. There were 5 or [-] soldiers crowded in a narrow open space, confronting the cavalry with sharp spears. Breathless.

The cavalry has lost the advantage of high-speed maneuvering. Although it is condescending, the infantry's long spears have no advantage at all. On the contrary, the advantage of long weapons makes the cavalry at a disadvantage. Tall in the air, dozens of spears pierced at the same time, killing the cavalry on the spot, and the horse was quickly led away by the soldiers of the Song Army.

Soldiers on both sides died in the high-intensity and fierce confrontation, and the time continued to pass. It was gradually getting to the afternoon, and the fierce battle between the two sides had passed for two hours.

Fan Ning watched the battle from the rear under the escort of dozens of cavalry. He was the commander and only decided where and how to fight. As for the specific command of the battle, that was Di Qing's business.

At this time, one of Di Qing's personal guards rushed over, clasped his fists on the horse and said, "I would like to report to my lord, General Di said that the casualties of the Song army have increased, so I implore my lord to order a thunderbolt operation."

Fan Ning smiled, it seemed that Di Qing was already a little impatient, and he immediately ordered: "There is a naval operation!"

Three rockets shot into the sky and exploded crisply in the sky. Ten five-thousand-stone steamboats on the Yellow River rumbled out, lined up, and headed towards the Xixia cavalry along the west bank of the Yellow River. At the same time, Tang Laiqu on the A dozen or so three thousand stone warships also sailed along the east bank of the Yellow River in the direction of the Xixia cavalry.

Immediately, some cavalrymen discovered the change of the Song army and rushed to report to the chief general Wei Minglang. Wei Minglang had expected that the Song army would use this move.

Due to the narrow land, only two miles away, the [-] cavalry on the shore were inevitable. Only the cavalry in the middle was not within the range of the Song army, while the cavalry on both sides were within range of the ship.

Thousands of cavalry shot at the big ship with their bows and arrows. The arrows whizzed towards the big ship. The shield is not a shield carried by infantry or cavalry, but a defensive shield. It is eight feet long and wide, with the bottom fixed on the ship and three brackets behind it, just like the shielding version on the construction site of later generations.

Unless the cavalry uses trebuchets or bed crossbows, ordinary bows and arrows have nothing to do with such a large defensive shield.

However, this large defensive shield also has a problem, that is, it hinders the archery of the soldiers on the ship. When the warship rumbled past the shore, there were no soldiers on the ship shooting at the shore, which puzzled many cavalrymen.

But soon some cavalry discovered that there was actually a trebuchet hidden behind the giant shield.

"Catapult!" A cavalryman shouted, pointing at the long throwing pole.

Before the soldiers on the shore realized the danger, the trebuchets on the steamship were the first to launch. They were loaded with medium-sized trebuchets, which could throw 150 to [-] kilograms of iron fire mines [-] steps away.

A series of black iron fire thunders rose into the sky, crossed the defensive shield, and shot at the dense cavalry on the shore, "Boom! ''Boom! 'Earth-shattering explosions continued to resound among the dense cavalry on the shore, and at the same time, the warships in Tanglai Canal also fired iron fire mines.

Thirty thousand cavalry were caught off guard and were blown to pieces. Soldiers wailed, horses neighed, and all kinds of screams resounded across the field. Black smoke enveloped the land on the shore. The cavalry also stopped shooting arrows and fled in all directions. Ray kept flying into the crowd and exploded.

The cavalry was in chaos, and the soldiers and horses were scared out of their wits. They fled to the north desperately. The Xixia cavalry who fought fiercely with the Song army also turned around and fled.

Di Qing, wearing a fierce mask, roared, "Catch up, kill!"

The Song army cavalry on both sides rushed out like a torrent breaking the embankment. The Song army had prepared the cavalry passage on both sides first, and [-] cavalry rushed out from both sides, chasing and killing the fleeing Xixia cavalry.

The infantry followed behind to deal with the aftermath, continuously killing the injured Xixia cavalry and confiscating the horses. The Xixia army leader Wei Minglang was blown to nothing by an iron fire thunder that fell beside him, and some soldiers picked up his sword.

The Tanglai Canal is full of warships, mainly small and medium-sized warships. The pontoon bridge that crossed the river before was cut off by the Song army. They crossed the river smoothly before coming, but it is impossible to go back smoothly.

The 1 cavalrymen of the Song army chased and killed them all the way. Although the party members were fierce, they had no fighting spirit at this time. They just wanted to rush home and flee for their lives with their wives, children, cattle and sheep. All the fleeing items were discarded. Thirty-five thousand cavalry were killed all the way. When they fled to the northernmost ferry, there were less than [-] people. There is a possibility of survival.

But at this time, they found that the canal was impassable, there was no pontoon bridge, and there were no rafts, and the river was full of warships of the Song Army.

The cavalry of the Song army has been killed, the dust covers the sky, the earth is trembling, and the murderous intent is sweeping in, but most of the party cavalry have no armor, and their long weapons are thrown away. At most, there is only one protective sword left. Facing the powerful weapons of the Song Army, they were completely powerless to fight.

In desperation, countless people jumped into the river one after another, hugging the horse's neck and trying to swim to the other side. If there were no Song Army warships, most of them would have succeeded, but it is a pity that the Song Army would not give them a chance.

The shooting of arrows and the ruthless assassination of spears caused the party soldiers to die one by one in the river. Only a few people seized the loophole that the Song army did not want to kill the horse, held their breath and hid under the horse's belly, and escaped. Jie, after landing on the shore, struggled desperately to get on his horse and galloped away.

But after all, there were only a handful of soldiers who survived the catastrophe. Most of them died in the Baizhang-wide Tanglai Canal. For a while, the river was stained red with blood, and the surface of the river was full of corpses.

The overwhelming cavalry of the Song Army swept forward, and the last six or seven thousand soldiers had nowhere to go, so they had to draw their swords one after another, shouting, and rushed forward to fight to the death with the Song Army. The overwhelming Song Army cavalry instantly drowned the last remnants of Xixia.

The war ended in just a quarter of an hour. In this battle, 15 Song troops wiped out 5000 Dangxiang cavalry. At this time, the last viable force of the Dangxiang clan was completely wiped out by the Song army. Of course, the Song army itself also paid a great price. More than [-] people were killed in the battle, and countless more were wounded.

Fan Ning did not follow the army to chase down the enemy. He led [-] crossbowmen back to the camp of Xingqing Mansion first.

Han Jiang came out of the camp to welcome Fan Ning's arrival. Han Jiang praised: "Xiao Fan Xianggong is good at fighting. He is worthy of being a Confucian commander. This is the great blessing of the Song Dynasty!"

Fan Ning waved his hand, "The great blessings of the Great Song Dynasty may not be my great blessings. Old Han, please stop praising me. The battle is General Di's business. I only talk about it. If you want to praise, you can praise the soldiers! "

Han Jiang was slightly taken aback, and immediately understood that Fan Ning was worried about the master of high achievements, and wanted to keep a low profile as much as possible, but the great achievement of destroying Xixia lies here, where you can keep a low profile if you want to.

Han Jiang didn't mention this matter, and said: "There is something strange in the city."

Fan Ning immediately asked with concern: "What happened in the city?"

"Last night we caught a deserter who climbed down from the rope. He is from Xiazhou and wanted to escape home. According to his account, there seems to be an epidemic in the city, and it is quite serious."

Fan Ning was not surprised that there was an epidemic in the city. The population of one million people almost overwhelmed Xingqing City. Livestock, dead soldiers, once the corpses are not disposed of in time, it is no wonder that the epidemic does not break out in the hot summer.

"Do you know how serious it is?"

"It's not very clear yet. I heard that the city is under martial law, no one is allowed to go out, and some people in the army are also infected with the disease."

"Are there any isolation measures?"

"That's not clear."

"Then has this Xixia deserter been quarantined?"

"Have!"

Han Jiang quickly said: "He has been quarantined, and the dozen or so people who interrogated him are also temporarily quarantined. In addition, I have ordered that no one is allowed to approach Xingqing Mansion without authorization, and no game can be hunted. I have reduced the number of spies and scope."

Fan Ning nodded, "Han Xianggong has done a good job, but we need to strengthen it, including water source control, spread the news, and at the same time order all soldiers not to drink raw cold water, all soldiers with diarrhea should be quarantined, and reduce the concentration of soldiers I suggest building a second battalion twenty miles away, and then evacuate all the people in Jingzhou to Xinping Mansion, and ask the court to deploy a large number of iron boats to go to Yansan, and ask the soldiers to drink water every morning and evening, which can effectively prevent and treat plague."

The dandelion and Radix Radix in Tiezhou Quyan San have good anti-inflammatory and virus-killing effects. If it is an early-stage disease, it can be controlled and treated, let alone prevention.

The two discussed for a while, and Han Jiang hurried away.

(End of this chapter)