The first emperor of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 450 Meeting the Enemy
"General, from this point of view, Dingzhou City... seems to be broken." Wei Sheng said softly.

When Li Changqi heard the news, his face was a little ugly. He was deliberately delaying time and wanted to preserve his strength, but at this time he really heard the news of the city's destruction, and he still felt a little uncomfortable.

"This city of Dingzhou is called a natural barrier, with two mountains and one pass. This Li Ran is really a waste. He couldn't even defend such a natural barrier for a day." Wei Ta couldn't help complaining.

Li Changqi's face was a bit ugly, he turned his head and said to Vita: "Now is not the time to talk about these things, what should we do next?"

Indeed, what should be done next is what they should consider, but what should be done next?

After all, what they are going to face next is the Mongolian army, and there is no danger to defend.

"For the present plan, it seems that the only option is to withdraw the troops and stay in Xingqing Mansion!" Wei Ta said softly at this time.

"Go back to Xingqing Mansion?" Li Changqi frowned. He went directly back to Xingqing Mansion before the war started, which made Li Changqi feel a bit uncomfortable, but he also had to admit that Wei Ta's strategy was very wise, after all, in There is now a flat river between Xingqing Mansion and Dingzhou City. Such a scene is very beneficial to the Mongolian army. After all, the Mongolian army is a nomadic people, but it has become a disaster for the Xixia army.

"But if you go back at this time, you will inevitably be impeached by those in the court." Li Changqi said softly.

Vita took a deep breath. He understood the truth, and now they regretted it a little. If they didn't delay, they probably wouldn't have faced such a situation.

Li Changqi is a dandy, and his character still has some flaws, especially at this time, he is a little hesitant, because Li Changqi's hesitation also brought him a catastrophe.

Because not long after, the spies in front rushed over to report.

"General, something is wrong..." the spy said in a hurry.

"What happened?" Li Changqi frowned and said, with a vague premonition in his heart.

"The Mongolian army, the Mongolian army is coming!" said the spy out of breath.

"What?" Li Changqi felt his brain buzzing. This is definitely not good news.

Because the Mongolian army was going to cross Helan Mountain, it was originally pure infantry, but because it occupied Dingzhou City, and the defenders of Dingzhou City did not have time to ride their horses when they fled, so now the Mongolian army is in vain.

Mongols are born knights. They deal with horses all day long. As long as they are on horses, they can ride. It can be said that as many war horses as there are, they can become as many cavalrymen.

Now Temujin led an army of [-], of which [-] were cavalry. Temujin took the lead and led [-] cavalry to charge towards Li Changqi's army.

"How many enemy troops are here?" Vita asked softly.

"The overwhelming arrival, it seems that there are at least 1 cavalry." The scout said hastily.

"How far is the enemy army from our army?" Vita asked immediately.

"The enemy army is less than thirty miles away from our army."

Thirty miles, for the cavalry, it should be able to arrive in half an hour.

"General, the Mongolian cavalry is coming soon, please make a decision early!" Wei Ta said to Li Changqi.

"Are there only ten thousand cavalry?" Li Changqi asked.

"I haven't seen any infantry yet." The scout replied.

"Hahaha..." Hearing the news, Li Changqi couldn't help laughing up to the sky, and said, "God helped me, the Mongolian army only dispatched 1 people, it's really overestimated, do you really think we There is no one in the Xixia army, and they dare to directly lead ten thousand cavalry to fight."

Hearing what Li Changqi said, Wei Ta hurriedly said, "I'm afraid the Mongolian army will have cavalry at the front and infantry at the rear."

This was also what Li Changqi was worried about. He stamped his steps back and forth and said, "This Mongolian army abandoned the infantry and drove straight in. Its leader is definitely a self-important person. For us, this is definitely a good opportunity."

Wei Ta nodded and said, "Although that's the case, if we really want to swallow these ten thousand cavalry, we must go fast. If we delay for a long time, I'm afraid it will be bad for our army."

"Go to investigate again, let me go out fifty miles, and see how many infantry are still behind the Mongolian army." Li Changqi ordered.

The scouts were sent out like a revolving lantern. At this time, Li Changqi still didn't have the final idea of ​​whether to fight or retreat. It was his hesitation and delay that finally caused his disastrous defeat this time.

"General, why don't we retreat directly." Wei Ta could see Li Changqi's hesitation, and couldn't help but said at this moment, when it's difficult for a person to make a decision, he often needs others to give him a little courage.

Li Changqi glanced at Wei Ta, shook his head, and said, "If you go back directly like this, it's hard to guarantee that His Majesty will blame you."

Wei Ta secretly sighed in his heart, even if His Majesty blamed him, it would be better than dying on the way.

"General..." Wei Ta wanted to say something, but at this time Li Changqi waved his hand and said, "I have already made up my mind, the Mongols dare to act so boldly, this time I will tell him not to return."

"But the scout hasn't returned yet!" Vita reminded.

"When the scouts come back, it's too late!" Li Changqi suddenly became decisive at this moment, and said, "I remember Changbanpo is not far behind, let's set up an ambush at that place."

Changbanpo is a low hill, and the official road passes through the center of the hill. Li Changqi set up an ambush on both sides of the hill, preparing to use the cavalry as bait to lure the cavalry of the Mongolian army to go deep, and then let the infantry come out from both sides. , Annihilated the Mongolian cavalry in one fell swoop.

The plan sounds flawless, at least from Li Changqi's point of view.

After making the plan, Li Changqi's army began to move quickly. There were [-] troops, [-] cavalry and [-] infantry. At this time, Li Changqi ordered [-] cavalry to line up and prepare to face the Mongolian army from the front.

The [-] infantry were hiding on both sides of the Changbanpo hills as ambush, ready to wait for the cavalry to retreat, and suddenly launched an attack to encircle and wipe out the [-] Mongolian army at this place in Changbanpo.

Canaan, the general of the Western Xia cavalry, rode a horse at the front of the army. From a distance, he saw the Mongolian army galloping forward, with thousands of horses galloping. This momentum is still very shocking.

(End of this chapter)