Li Liangzuo looked at Manme and rushed out of the camp and shouted, "Play the golden drum to cheer me."

Zhao Ming also looked at the enemy, the autumn wind was flying, the Xixia flags were flying all over the mountains and fields, and thousands of enemy cavalry rushed towards him fiercely in the shape of a fan. The horse's hooves stepped on the ground, and it seemed that the ground was trembling, but he said calmly: "Listen to my orders and prepare to shoot arrows."

The enemy cavalry was getting closer, but nearly a thousand people were motionless. They watched them quickly rushing towards each other coldly. Finally, even their proud and arrogant faces could be clearly visible. There were dust rising behind these thousands of cavalrymen.

It's here!

Only through a trench, Zhao Ming had not ordered an arrow to be fired.

"Run." Manmei roared, and led the way to slam the horse into the river. As the war horses ran at high speed, they immediately stepped on waves.

Under his leadership, thousands of cavalry stepped into the river one after another, and rushed towards Zhao Ming and his nearly thousands of soldiers in a fan shape.

As we approached, some foreign soldiers swallowed their saliva with difficulty.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred.

Manme continued to slap the war horse, trying to make the war horse run faster.

But the mount he was standing under his straddling suddenly screamed, raised his front feet, almost lifting him under the horse. Then the other cavalrymen were the same, and suddenly thousands of Western Xia cavalry were in chaos in the river.

Because they were running at high speed and the weather was dry, there was some dust behind them, and Li Liangzuo had not seen it clearly. He just saw some shadows, so he widened his eyes and stared at the river carefully, trying to identify what was going on. At this time, Zhao Ming finally ordered: "Shoot the arrow."

A thousand soldiers immediately let go of the bowstrings in their hands, and waves of arrows flew towards the Western Xia cavalry in the river.

There are mysteries in this river. Compared with the sudden offensive and defensive battles in history, the current Dashun City defense battle has been carefully prepared for a long time.

So Wang Ju said: "When war comes, can you prepare more than a year for the enemy?"

Huachi County has been preparing for more than a year, and Qingzhou has been preparing for seven months.

But even this seven months, that is also a deadly seven months.

The court allocated not much money, and as for the soju, the cost of this battle was even less. Not only more, but less, but very little. But it played some key role, firstly, it was exchanged for many war horses. Cai Ting could buy horses, and the government also asked frontline officials to buy horses. However, there was an edict that it must be more than third-class horses, and only thirty-five stakes could be allocated. This was the result of Han Jiang's dispute over the dispute. Otherwise, it would have been worse. Only thirty-tenth coins were given, and it had to be more than second-class horses. But after a fight, could this money buy war horses of third-class horses?

It’s the same as fighting or not, but you still can’t buy it.

If it weren't for soju, Cai Ting wanted to buy a horse and had to pay 50 stagnant of money. What would the consequences be? Let's see what Zhang Kang's consequences are.

Now there is soju. It is funded by a "patriotic businessman". Even if the horse bought with a hundred coins of money has nothing to do with the court. It is difficult for everyone to impeach it.

Furthermore, it is the reward during training. This move works. If you want a strong army, the physical fitness and martial arts of the soldiers must keep up. The first thing is to have a good meal. The second is to have high-intensity training.

Now that Wang Ju has done it, he will buy a large number of live pigs and fat sheep every month and send them to the military camp to slaughter, which even leads to the price of pigs and sheep around him being raised step by step.

However, it had an effect. After high-intensity training, it turned into muscles and fat, and settled in the soldiers' bodies. Therefore, after a few months, the soldiers' bodies became stronger, their strength was stronger, their archery skills were more accurate, and their cooperation was much better than before.

The effect is there, but will the court agree that Cai Ting uses the government’s money to do this?

So private businessmen and soju are working again.

This is also funded by the "patriotic businessman".

Not only many battalions, but also weapons and armor, this is nothing, even if it is made with the money from the court.

Therefore, during this period, countless craftsmen and apprentices from the two workshops even brought down miscellaneous officers and soldiers and wing soldiers, and built many weapons and armor. Of course, because of the short time and the shortage of money, everyone could not change their clothes, but many officers and soldiers changed their clothes together, including the thousand soldiers in front of Zhao Ming.

Half of the armor on their hands is new-style armor, which is more than 20 kilograms lighter, and this weight also means that they are half of the burden.

All the bows in their hands are real composite bows, black paint bows, and even the poorly qualified bows will be eliminated together.

The arrow branches are also more sophisticated than the previous ones.

Especially the arrows, they are all made of high-carbon steel, which are sharper.

In order to pursue speed, Li Liangzuo brought Iron Harrier, but did not send Iron Harrier to the battle, so all the light cavalry sent were light cavalry. With the speed, the armor quality was very poor, and half of the people didn't even have armor, and they only wore animal skins as leather armor.

The deadly one is so close that it is only a few dozen steps, completely within the range of the bow and arrow.

Arrows flew into the river, flew to the Xixia cavalry, and desperately drilled into the Xixia soldiers.

"What happened?" Manmei looked at the river while digging the arrows he had been learning.

There is something weird in the river.

It's good. The river is now very shallow and clear, just like a beautiful and charming girl lying at the foot of Dashun City and flowing slowly. However, before the Xixia army arrived, the soldiers asked the soldiers to sneak out of the city at night and come to the river and spread a lot of caltrops in the mud below the river. The mud was not deep, but it was enough to hide these caltrops. Moreover, it started from the center of the river, and there was no one on the other side of the river.

This made the Western Xia cavalry attacked.

Of course, it also has to do with careful preparation. Because there is enough time, even the plan to defend and counterattack has been discussed almost. Therefore, these caltrops are larger and sharper. The war horses of the Xixia people also have hoofs, but they can only wrap under the horse's feet and cannot wrap the horse's legs. Moreover, because of the lack of iron and money, some war horses are not even prepared for the hoofs. In this way, the horse was not hit by the trenches?

It is also related to careful preparation. If it is encountered in a sexual offensive and defensive battle, Cai Ting had to order the officers and soldiers to scatter the caltrops in the river and block it, and would not send Zhao Ming to counterattack by the river. Now, because of careful preparation and planning, Zhao Ming was sent to meet the enemy by the river in advance, tempting Li Liangzuo to send a large number of cavalry to counterattack.

Therefore, this small river became the first bloody battle. It was not the war horses that were killed or injured, but many people, from Xixia.

Manme continued to think. The river was wading and couldn't see clearly below, but he knew there was an ambush, so he shouted, "Transfer, retreat."

If you can rush over, but the casualties will be severe. You can even barely damage the Song Dynasty foreign army in front of you, and they will be wiped out.

The dust spread out, and Li Liangzuo also saw the tragic phenomenon in the river and also issued an order: "Retreat, withdraw, blow the trumpet, and let the front line withdraw troops."

Zhao Ming shouted: "Continue to shoot arrows."

Many Xixia soldiers also turned their horses back in time and began to escape. However, arrows continued to shoot at them behind them. Although they were escaping, many soldiers kept falling down their horses. As for the Xixia soldiers struggling in the river, they were even more miserable.

Li Liangzuo shouted anxiously: "The army rushed forward and shot arrows to cover it."

Two groups of Xixia troops rushed over. The soldiers in front held shields and the soldiers in the back shot arrows. Zhao Ming saw that the Xixia troops were almost within range. Then he said, "Retreat."

Nearly a thousand people retreated to Dashun City.

Zhong Zhi said: "Beat the drum."

The war had just begun, but this battle was full of excitement and easily killed nearly a thousand elite cavalry of the Western Xia, with more injured cavalry and war horses. This was of great help to inspire morale.

It’s just that he was a little sorry for the fact that there were too many troops in the Western Xia, so he could not clean up the battlefield and spoils.

Manme returned to the camp with a lottery. Li Liangzuo called Ye Fengma and asked angrily: "Why didn't you find out?"

"The last one will be negligent. The last one will be negligent."

Song Jiyin was behind everyone and thought to himself. How can Ye Fengma be blamed? When the Xixia people came, Song Jun would always take some precautions. However, his uneasiness continued to expand, and he always felt that many aspects were wrong.

Li Liangzuo said again: "Send someone immediately to fill the trench."

Song Ji finally walked out and said, "Your Majesty, it's not appropriate. Although this is a trench, it is also two small rivers. They are living water. The water level in the upper reaches is higher than the water level in the lower reaches. If someone is sent to fill it, the water level must be discharged and raised. Although the two rivers are not deep, they are relatively wide, then the river water overflows, and the two sides of the trench are mostly muddy, which is not conducive to our army's attack. If someone is sent to block the upstream, a water weir must be built. Although our soldiers have many forces, the area is restricted by manpower. Even if there are many people, it cannot play a role. It will take at least ten days to build..."

It’s not too long for ten days, but it’s going to be deadly at this time. How much food does it have to be consumed?

Song Ji said again: "The only way is to let the soldiers get off the horse, cover the shield, bow and arrow, and send people to the river to block mud bags. The river water can leak and will not overflow, and the river water can become slightly shallow. Although the weather has not yet cooled down, it is also a little cold. If you want to attack the city, the cavalry will not have much effect. Only by under the horses and using the siege ladder to attack the city. The river water is shallow and the soldiers will not be completely wet in their lower body, nor will they fight because of the cold."

"Who are you?"

"I am Song Mi, a Song man who defected to His Majesty."

"You are that Song Mie, a good name."

"I dare not take it, but the Song Dynasty is dark and weak, and he will be the leader of the Great Xia and the country of development."

"This plan is good, I have adopted it."

Zhang Ju and generals such as Zhong Zhi continued to watch the movements of the Xixia people.

This is the benefit of Dashun City. It was built from the foot of the mountain and stretched to the top of the Xishan Mountain, which could clearly see the enemies ahead. Of course, now all the Song army retreated to the city to defend, and all the outside of the city were handed over to the Xixia people, including Jieyi Peak and other high points, so Xixia could also be clearly seen at a glance.

A general asked suspiciously: "Do they want to block the river?"

Zhang Feng said: "They are not so stupid yet. They will probably take advantage of the large number of people to prepare a large amount of mud bags and fill the bottom of the river slightly to make the people pass."

"Many horses, many horses hurt." said the general.

There were many troops in Xixia, so after Zhao Ming killed some of the Xixia soldiers, he had to retreat. He watched the Xixia people pull back their injured war horses, clean up the battlefield, clean up the bodies, and support the wounded soldiers to retreat.

Some soldiers also pulled off caltrops from the horse's legs, and the war horses neighed in pain. He felt heartbroken, thinking about how much effort it took to collect all the cavalry battalions of Qingzhou?

Zhong Zhi laughed and scolded: "No matter whether it is injured or not, our army will not get it anyway."

This is also a reality. The effect that everyone wants in this battle is to repel, not defeat. If you repel, the enemy can retreat calmly. You can never imagine any war horse supplies.

Zhang said: "But this is a good opportunity."

The clinic nodded.

Also different from history, Cai Ting received information in history that the Xixia army was very close, so he had to make a hurry to arrange the troops, including strengthening the walls and clearing the fields, but there was no time to arrange the troops reasonably, and he dared not conclude that the Xixia people would not attack from the side of Huanzhou, so the troops in Dashun City were not many.

However, now Dashun City has many soldiers and a wide range of generals and sufficient weapons, so there are opportunities for war in the process of Xixia people blocking the river.

He was angry all night, and the next day the three Western Xia armies began to fill the river.

However, the cavalry with stronger combat power was useless. Even the cavalry had their horses off. Under the protection of shield soldiers, archers and soldiers from behind, they carried mud bags and walked towards the trench together with the soldiers behind.

"Strike." said the diagnosis command.

This time it has nothing to do with Zhao Ming and the foreign soldiers. They went out of the city to fight against real officers and soldiers and some strong men, but they also had a more powerful shield army in front.

The two armies began to shoot at each other.

It is very beneficial to the Song army for the time being, so let's shoot. Anyway, many arrows were prepared in Dashun City. But if you drag this down like this, it would be unfavorable to the people of Xixia. If you drag it down for a day, how much food will so many people eat? It doesn't matter if the people are too many. The Xixia horses are more important. How much does it cost to spend in a day? And the quality of the bow is not good for the people of Xixia. Although there are some good bows and sharp crossbows in the Western Xia, even by the Song Dynasty, they can even sell nearly a hundred stalemates. But that is finally a minority. Regardless of the crossbow armor, the general quality is far less than that of the Song army. Therefore, the Song army's crossbow range is even longer. If the stalemate continues, the casualties of the Xixia people will only continue to increase.

Therefore, the Song army fired the arrows slowly and yelled on the top of the city: "Order the three armies to aim before firing the arrows."

Li Liangzuo was anxious, and he shouted from behind: "Beat the golden drum and order the three armies to advance."

The Xixia people began to move forward slowly, and finally everyone stood within the range, and casualties on both sides immediately increased.

Zhong Zhi ordered on the top of the city: "Twenty steps back."

With this retreat, the advantage of the range of bows and arrows in the Song Dynasty took effect again.

This terrain is mainly beneficial to the Song Dynasty, not to the people of Xixia. Although the terrain in front of the two small rivers is considered open, it is only so large. Now the two sides have almost deployed more than 10,000 people, almost reaching the limit of the valley area. No matter how many people in Xixia are, they cannot fly from the sky to fight.

Although the three Western Xia armies continued to approach the trenches, casualties were expanding bit by bit.

At first, soldiers of Xixia braved the rain of arrows and threw mud bags into the river. Zhongdian turned around and said to Zhao Ming: "Prepare to assemble cavalry." (To be continued)
Chapter completed!