Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 990 Bone Black's Counterattack
In the direction of Yaode City, Qu Duan finally completed all preparations. He personally sat in Mengjing City and issued an offensive order for Xiping Mansion.

Wu Jie led the Seventh Battalion of Shengjie and Guangrui to launch an attack. The first batch of imperial troops to go north was more than [-] people, and the township army was [-].

The 52 brigade town was assigned to Wu Jie. As a forward force, it was attached to two imperial troops and the horse barracks of the township army. The Huanqing Township Army had 4000 archers, and Li Shifu commanded tens of thousands of troops.

In the era of cold weapons, it is not always good to have more people. That is to say, the more soldiers Han Xin said in the history books, the better. In this era, you can control an army of [-] to fight, and you are already a top general. It does not mean that the emperor will not give you so many soldiers. It's just that you can't control it.

An army of 3 is overwhelming, and it takes dozens of miles to march and fight. The communication alone is worrying, let alone the battlefield with ever-changing information?To be able to lead [-] to [-] people in battle is a rare and famous general.

Wang Xiu established the battalion framework to coordinate all aspects of operations. The largest battalion governs three armies is the limit. The reason why Xie Qian can control more than [-] troops to fight is because he is divided into three independent battalions. He is only doing strategic guide.

Each line of business has its own strategic direction, and the three of them control and divide more than [-] people, which is relatively easy.Besides, the establishment of the system of joining the army also strengthened the control of the command of the generals and schools. Even in this case, it is difficult to achieve perfection.

Although Li Shifu is a famous general, it is just that he commands highly skilled troops. The coordination of the arms is very complicated, more than ten times that of the infantry. It is not so good to say that he is in charge of ten thousand people. In fact, the real control is still the 52 brigade town and its subordinates. The two horse battalions and the [-] archers were all follow-up troops, responsible for covering the rear of the car brigade. They had almost no combat missions, and they had greater autonomy in action.

Wu Jie controlled the main force, with Shengjie and Guangrui on the left and right flanks, and the township army in the middle, with banners covering the sun, marching forward mightily.The Yunyi Army, which originally belonged to the Eighth Battalion, followed up behind the Seventh Battalion as a reserve force for the entire army.

For no reason, he still favored Wu Jie. Although his arrangement of troops has the advantage of concentrating troops, but he put Liu Yanqing as the rear guard, and Wu Jie became the general in the front.

Of course, Liu Yanqing's responsibilities are also very important. He needs to lead his troops to sit in Yaode City to guard the safety of the entire transportation channel.

On the fifth day of the army's departure, Qu Duan once again issued an order to covertly assemble the [-] township troops on standby, and began to carry a large number of equipment and materials, and went northward in batches. fortifications.

When the Song Army launched an offensive, the 52nd Brigade and Town advanced rapidly. The Xia Army guarded the camps along the way and had almost no resistance. Everything was trampled by the Song Army's horses. The archers of the township army were unable to attack the rear of the car brigade.

The archers of the township army are not archers, the archers are local security personnel, but the archers are well-organized township regiments, and their combat effectiveness is not weak, let alone the Huanqing archers, those stragglers are no match for them.

It only took four days to advance to the territory of Xiping Mansion, less than [-] miles away from the city of Xiping Mansion, but Li Liangfu and Gu Lihei were greatly surprised.

Now that the Song army is moving north quickly, it will be easier to deal with. It is time to attack their transportation channels. Gu Lihei has gathered tens of thousands of horse troops. He is going to start attacking Yaode City and Pule City when the main force of the Song Army arrives at Xiping Mansion. attack in between.

I have to say that their plan was perfect. Tens of thousands of Song troops went north and needed to carry a lot of siege equipment. The [-] rural troops were protected by two armies because they had to carry equipment. The prefecture and territory don't have many resources, so they can only prepare with the army.

More than [-] to [-] people plus the consumption of war horses is definitely a sky-high supply. Once it is cut off, the consequences can be imagined.

However, they were too happy too early. Kan led thousands of riders to spy deep into the south of Pule City, but he was surprised to find that the Song army marched northward with a huge army, tens of thousands of troops, which shocked him a lot. Could it be that Is it Song Jun from the second echelon?If so, that's the real big deal.

Unexpectedly, the opponent set up a stronghold within tens of miles, followed by continuous transshipment teams.Kan Xian suddenly understood that the Song army was establishing a stable transit channel, which indicated that they were really supporting the northward movement. It was no longer a matter of big money but a joint operation. Xiping Mansion was really in danger.

Consider that the main force of the Xia army is in the east, and there are only more than [-] troops stationed inside and outside Xiping Mansion. Once the Song Army takes Xiping Mansion, Xingqing Mansion will be completely exposed.

He immediately led his army to rendezvous with Gu Lihei. Gu Lihei was also taken aback, but he still decided to fight. While the Song army was heading north, he concentrated [-] cavalry to attack. Almost all the elite horse troops near Xiping Mansion were exhausted by Gu Lihei With the strength of nine oxen and two tigers, the last troops pulled out from Weizhou and Yaode City.

That battle was commanded by Qu Duan himself, and the main force was completely dominated by various township troops. The Xia army's eight thousand cavalry may not be many, but they are all elite cavalry troops.

The tens of thousands of the Song army were all rural troops who had never been on the battlefield. Most of them were infantry troops. Even the horse army was composed of mules and horses, unable to perform complex roundabout maneuvers, and it was very difficult to command.

It is also very coincidental that Qu Duan did not stay in Mengjing City, but went north to check the camp and urged the township army to advance quickly. Who would have thought that the Xia army would suddenly attack.

The battle was fierce from the very beginning, with more than a thousand cavalry from the Xia army covering up the attack, while the Huanqing Township army formed an formation to resist, desperately buying time for the friendly army to form an formation.

Xia's army charged repeatedly several times, and every time the Siqianhuan Qingxiang army was dispersed, they gathered tenaciously and used their heads to withstand the charge of the Ma army.It has to be commended. The endurance of the Yuanbian Township Army is amazing. They can continue to gather strength under difficult conditions. If they are replaced by the Township Army in Beijing, Tokyo, and West, or even the Township Army in Eastern Shaanxi, I am afraid that they will die in one round. collapse.

As Gu Lihei continued to invest in troops, the Xia army's frontal strength reached [-], and the two wings also invested more than a thousand people. The Song army was under great pressure.

Facing the heavy pressure, Qu Duan was both excited and worried. They were setting up camp, and it was also the most vulnerable time. Xia Jun's timing was very accurate, and he had to rush to fight.The advantage is that it is a good time to kill the Xia army and horse army. As long as it can severely damage the Xia army and horse army, it will not only relieve the pressure on the transshipment channel, but also reduce the pressure on the eastward movement.

There are more than [-] Song troops on the battlefield, and soldiers and horses are arriving one after another, but the situation is not optimistic.

(End of this chapter)