I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 167 Over and over again
This time it was the most comfortable few days for Master Wang to go deep into the Annan Territory.

In this way, hunting wild game and recuperating in the deep mountains and dense forests, it was not until the fifth day that the soldiers who were released found that Annan's army from the direction of Lang Song was coming.

After several days of investigation, he is also very familiar with the terrain in this area.

The topography of Annan is a continuation of the topography of Guangnan, especially similar to that to the west of Yongzhou. The mountains and waters are sometimes separated and sometimes closed.

Therefore, there are many ambush sites.

Zhao Xi chose a gourd-shaped terrain stretching for about ten miles.

In this era, the level of splitting mountains and building bridges is not yet reached, and most roads follow the shape of mountains and waters.The same is true of Annan, who still use the valley between two mountains as the road.

The first narrow place should be the most suitable for ambushes, but Zhao Xi let it go.

"The generals of Annan's army have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they are not incompetent. In the last ambush, because it was urgent to support Lang Song, we focused on the possibility of the king's army occupying Lang Song. Therefore, the ambush can be successful."

"Lang Song is safe and sound, and has not fallen. On the return trip, Annan's army will definitely release sentries to scout along the way. This ambush point will definitely be focused on investigation..."

Seeing that they were all asking questions, Zhao Xi had no choice but to explain in detail.

War is never pure force.

And it is true.Annan's army has been searching and advancing since Langsong left the city.The width of the outpost is almost ten miles, even if it is a mountain, it will also climb mountains and ridges.

The bottom of the gourd has passed, and the waist of the gourd has also passed, and it is not yet the ambush point.

Zhao Xi chose a relatively wide area for the ambush point this time, but it was only relatively wide.

"The guard battalion is placed at the back and retreats after three rounds of bursts. The Western Army is placed at the front and withdraws after three rounds of gunpowder."

This military order...

"The cavalry of the front team turned back in shock, and the infantry of the rear team swarmed forward. The trampling chaos was more than the number of kills."

As Di Qing said, Zhao Xi really thought so.Even though he now has the upper hand in numbers, he never thought about fighting head-on.

War horses have not been trained in the explosion of gunpowder bombs, and they are bound to be startled after being projected.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that after the first ambush, Annan would think of a way to deal with it.

Zhao Xi thought about it carefully. He didn't think of any way to prevent the sound of gunpowder shells and shock waves from affecting the horse.

Plug the horse's ears?It's not just that the knight is difficult to control. Once the ears of the war horse are blocked, the shock wave will cause the horse to have nowhere to vent after being shocked, and the horse will become even more insane.

This point, unless it is daily training, which makes war horses accustomed to it, there is no other way.

……

The battle started when Annan's army relaxed.

Don't be surprised, there are several places in a row that can be ambushed and are suitable for ambushes all the way.

Therefore, the Annan army thought that this return journey was like their second support for Langsong... The Song army was insufficient, or they had already gone to Guangyuan, or even thought they had evacuated Guangnan and returned to Yongping Village.

After all, entering the country alone is not a good strategy.

"Sure enough, the ears are plugged!"

"The cavalry does not rely on commands to control the horses, but more on the daily tacit understanding. The movements of the hands and feet can completely make the horses obey."

Zhao Xi still doesn't understand cavalry...

This... can't be helped.With two small tree trunks and a cane, it is impossible to be as accurate as a bow and arrow bed crossbow.

Now it's just about numbers.

Although there was no confusion at the first moment of the ambush like last time, the war horse no longer obeyed the command of the knight, and walked slowly in a place avoiding the noise.

Then, the war horses gathered more and more.

"elevation……"

Zhao Xi was also in a hurry, and almost called out the artillery command.

Zhao Xi roughly looked around, walked directly to a firing position, squatted down, and put the arrow shaft with gunpowder shells on his shoulders...

"Launch at this angle..."

Subconsciously, this soldier is definitely subconscious.Otherwise, His Highness the Crown Prince would not dare to fire it while carrying it like this... This is a gunpowder bomb!
While the soldiers were still in a daze, the gunpowder bombs really exploded in the area where the horses were concentrated.

With the demonstration, all the firing positions followed suit... The horses went crazy, even more crazy than being startled by gunpowder shells.

At this time, the rear team was driven by the guard battalion's bursts of fire, and they also rushed forward a little frantically.

Then, the cavalry and infantry were completely mixed together.The war horse, neighing and howling of the crowd intersected, which was miserable.

"retreat!"

Regardless of the outcome of the battle, Zhao Xi saw that the guard battalion had withdrawn to the position of the front team, and quickly ordered the entire army to retreat.

After traveling for about twenty miles, Zhao Xi arranged another attack...

Go forward another thirty miles, and attack again...

This is not killing, this is killing the heart and killing the courage!
Seeing His Highness the Crown Prince's rogue-like operations, Di Qing was also convinced.

He sympathizes with Annanjun very much now. Really, they are all soldiers, so he can understand Annanjun's mood at this time.

For the first time, no matter whether it was burst fire or gunpowder bombing, it didn't really kill many people at all.When the cavalry and infantry are in chaos, they attack each other and get injured, and too many are trampled.

I thought it was over, no one could leave the wounded and run away, and then support each other to move forward...

As a result, this kind of attack came again and again, and the wounded increased again and again. After the third attack, the Annan army with nearly [-] people had no strength to fight.

But Zhao Xi let it go and didn't beat him hard.

"Let them go back to the Guangyuan camp. That way, the Annan army in the Guangyuan camp will feel the same way."

Nothing can affect the morale of a soldier more than the howling of soldiers.

Thirty percent of the losses in the battle, this is almost the limit of the collapse of the whole army.Now, in the Annan Army, less than [-]% of the soldiers died, but the actual reduction in personnel is close to [-]%.

How to fight?
But today's Master Wang is full of fighting spirit.

After going deep into the enemy's rear and fighting several times, it was actually intact. There were more than 1 soldiers, and none were injured.

No one would believe it, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince created such a miracle.

Because he never let the soldiers go to fight at all, he was just harassing, trying every means to harass, until the Annan army's morale was disrupted and dispersed.

It's time to attack now, right?

not yet!
Zhao Xi ordered again, and all marched towards Gaobang.

Gao Bang can be defeated, there are gunpowder bombs and tiger squatting cannons, and it is not too difficult to defeat Gao Bang based on the current morale of Master Wang.

Everyone, including Di Qing, thought that Zhao Xi was going to order Gao Bang to attack.

If Gaobang is occupied at this time, it will definitely make things worse for the Annan Army deployed on the border of Guangyuan.

That's the grain storage!

But Zhao Xi still didn't let the soldiers attack Gao Bang, just like before, he threw gunpowder around the city wall.

This time, even those who broke out of the city were not robbed and killed, and they simply ordered to evade, to avoid the entire Annan army who broke through the siege of Gaobang.

No matter how many, they all avoid, and no direct contact is allowed.

Even the support from Guangyuan... didn't arrange an ambush.

"Guangyuan can't send reinforcements. Whether Gaobang is breached or not, the Annan army stationed in Guangyuan is desperate. Now, the defenders of Gaobang must also despair."

Surrounded, bombed by gunpowder bombs from time to time, and can't ask for reinforcements... Gaobang's defenders may really be desperate.

(End of this chapter)