Chapter 289 Quye River ([-])
Weiming Mahu, who led the Qiang army to fight for this piece of land, immediately ordered the whole army to advance slowly after getting a very powerful weapon from the Song cavalry, ready to meet the enemy at any time.However, the Song army did not take the initiative to attack again. It seemed that the battle just now was just an accidental incident.

When the eight thousand Qiang people approached the place five miles away from the Quye River, there was finally no smoke and fire, because from here to the riverside, all the wheat had been cut.From the mounds on the hillside, the Qiang people could see that by the river, the Song army had set up a large camp, and at this time they were mobilizing the troops that had besieged the fort to face them.Then look at the fortress behind the Song people, the walls collapsed and the house collapsed, emitting black smoke, it can be seen that they have been ravaged.The two fortresses farther away had become ruins, so Wei Ming Mahu had to think that without his rescue, the fortress would soon fall.

Originally, there should have been 900 garrisons stationed in the fort, plus the people farming around the fort. At this time, the number of people in the fort is estimated to be at least 5000.It is said that this number is quite a lot, even in the face of the Lin Mansion Song Army who is dispatched in full force, they can defend it, because everyone knows that the entire Lin Mansion can never pull out more than 5000 troops to fight by the Quye River. In the case of the bravery of the vassal department attached to the Song Dynasty.But this time it is obvious that the Song people did not mobilize the troops of the vassal, otherwise he would not be ignorant of the actions of the Song people by the name of Mahu. Now it is seen that the Song army surrounding this fort has about [-] people. Wei Mingmahu knew without using his brain that the Song army in Linfu had been strengthened.

But how many Song troops are there in Linfu?Several Xixia generals disagreed about this.Some people think that the Song army was able to capture the two forts cleanly, which shows that the army is very strong.Some people also think that the Song army could not attack the last fortress, but meant digging trenches to besiege, indicating that the troops were insufficient.

Wei Mingmahu was also very puzzled.According to his understanding of the Zhejia army, if the Song army was insufficient in strength, they would definitely not continue to besiege the fort that they could not capture, and would have retreated to Fuzhou long ago.But if the Song Army had prepared enough troops to pull out these three strongholds, there would definitely not be only such a few people here, and there was no Song Army in the brigade from here to Fuzhou City?

In the end, after observing the Song Army's position for a long time and having scouts report that the Fanluo Yiyong and archers of the Song Army were coming from Linzhou to the battlefield, Wei Mingmahu made a decision. "The Song army should have only these troops. The Song people set up camps in the wild, and they are the most sturdy. But you see, the trenches dug outside the camps that the Song people besieged the fort are not connected, but section by section. It must be due to insufficient manpower. Well dug. Now the Song people hastily summoned volunteers to fight again. This only shows that the Song people expected that it was not easy to recruit a large army due to the busy farming season. They wanted to block the news and attack these three villages by surprise, but they failed in the end. Now they saw our army was overwhelming. manpower."

This conjecture was also approved by most of the generals and chiefs. Weiming Mahu made up his mind: "This opportunity is once in a lifetime. We should take advantage of the unpreparedness of the Song people and attack with all our strength to defeat the Song people who have not established a stronghold. Pass down Order to send [-] cavalry between Quye River and Fuzhou to cut off the contacts of the Song people. The others listen to my orders and prepare to attack."

But the battle didn't happen right away. The Xixia army had come from afar and needed to organize their ranks, so they only sent a small group of cavalry to harass the Song army.The Song army seemed to be very afraid of the Xixia army. They all retreated back to the camp and continued to dig trenches to arrange the deer village. But I heard loud noises and saw smoke and dust billowing.

From Wei Ming Mahu's point of view, it should be that the Song army was anxious to capture the fort, and then turned around to deal with his attack with all its strength. Therefore, he was also a little anxious. Seeing that it was getting late, he dispatched infantry to attack after arranging some troops. .

When Zhe Kerou saw the dark Xixia infantry slowly pressing over, and the cavalry waiting for an opportunity in the rear, he knew that the Xixia people had taken the bait.He immediately ordered the [-] infantry lurking in the battalion to line up quietly, ready to meet the enemy, and ordered the beacon to be lit.

The 5000 people on the Song Army's side are basically veterans who have experienced battles. They did not panic when facing the Xixia people, and prepared according to the general order.It is [-] militiamen. Don't look at the short period of time in the army. The age of the soldiers is only eighteen or nineteen years old, but because the source is basically the young people in Yanyan Road who are in the war all day long, many of them have become archers since they were fourteen or five years old. , Unity soldiers, not all without combat experience.This is why Li Buqi dared to send them to the battlefield only half a year after the Yanyan Road militia formed an army.

When the Xixia infantry approached 150 meters away from the barracks, a horn sounded, some of the outermost militiamen jumped into the shallow trenches, and some squatted down behind the shieldmen. The crossbowmen raised their bows and began to fire their crossbows.The crossbow arrows flew towards the Xixia people like raindrops, and some Xixia people were constantly shot down, but under the urging of the war drums, the Xixia people continued to move forward slowly while using strong crossbows to fight back.

Suddenly, there were several thunderbolts, and white gunpowder smoke rose from the formation of the Song army. Six iron balls flew slowly towards the Xixia team with trajectories visible to the naked eye. Two of them hit the ground halfway and bounced up again. Crashed into the middle of the Xixia people.Immediately, the iron ball made four bloody alleys in the crowd, and broken weapons, armor and human limbs and internal organs flew all over the route where the iron ball flew.

Although the power of lead-coated iron balls is astonishing, a 5.5 mm iron ball can knock down four or five people at once, but most of the Xixia people have gone through battle, and this kind of tragedy is no more shocking than the javelins fired by the bed crossbow of the Song army. be terrified.The shelling did not slow down the speed of the Xixia people a little. On the contrary, as the drums beat faster and faster, the Xixia people's pace became faster and faster.

The shirtless gunners of the Song Army pushed the wheels and moved the sled to reset the cannon. Someone used a brush dipped in water to reach into the gun bore to kill the remaining sparks, another used a snake-shaped hook to clean the gun bore, and the last one A person brushes the barrel with a dry brush.The deputy gunner pierced the gunpowder bag from the fire door with an awl, and then sprinkled the bombardment on the fire door, and the lighter immediately pressed the matchrope on the bombardment.

The second round of shelling was a volley, and the shells directly made a dent in the Xixia team.The Xixia people commotioned for a while, but continued to bypass the bloody land and oppress the Song army.

Obviously, the shooting of the six artillery pieces could not achieve a shocking effect, and the Xixia people were still approaching according to their rhythm.After entering the bow and arrow range, the Xixia people began to throw arrows, and the dense arrows hit the armor and shields of the Song Army officers and soldiers like a rainstorm, but the Song Army did not waver, just dragging down the unlucky ones who were hit by the arrows.

When the Xixia infantry approached to 50 meters, the six artillery guns raised their firing angles and began to bombard the Xixia cavalry following the infantry.This made the Xixia infantry heaving a sigh of relief, but the oncoming crossbow could already penetrate their shields, and more people fell on the way forward.

Wei Ming Mahu can see from experience that the Song Army does not have many god-arm bows, which shows that the Song Army did not increase its troops in a large scale.Now that he was completely relieved, he immediately ordered the drums to be beaten and the infantry to meet the enemy.

As the drums of the Xixia people hurried up, the footsteps of the Xixia infantry accelerated again.Seeing that the Xixia people were only 20 steps away from the trench, Zhe Kerou ordered: "Shoot a volley!"

The trumpeters following Zhao Sheng immediately blew a group of trumpets, and excited orders sounded in the trench outside the camp fence, and then more than 20 muzzle guns were fired one by one, and the camp fence of the Song Army was almost covered by gunpowder smoke. shaded.

ps: The computer went on strike today, and the update has been delayed until now, so I apologize to everyone.

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