Zhang Miao led a 300,000 army to surround the 100,000 Jizhou army led by Zhu Xu, but Zhang Miao only surrounded the Xia army's camp and did not attack. Zhang Miao had a deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Xia army's cavalry. What Zhang Miao was most worried about now was that the Xia army rushed out of his camp, so he sent 300,000 troops to surround the Xia army, and made sufficient preparations. After completely surrounding the Xia army, Zhang Miao was still worried, and even launched a 100,000 army to dig a very wide trench around the Xia army's camp. This was winter! The soil was frozen as hard as stones, and it was very difficult to dig such a trench two meters wide and ten meters deep.

"General, why are we digging trenches here?" A Song general asked in confusion.

"The Xia army has at least 100,000 iron cavalry in the city. Although we have 300,000 soldiers, we may not be able to compete with the 100,000 elite cavalry of the Xia army. Digging deep trenches is to prevent the Xia army from rushing out. As far as I know, the Xia army has no food and grass, and only we can trap them for ten or eight days, and the Xia army will starve to death."

"The general is wise, and the last general admires..."

"There is another point. We have besieged the Xia army here. The Xia army outside will definitely come to rescue. At that time, we will come to them to surround and fight for assistance, and strive to annihilate the main force of the Xia army north of the Yellow River..."

Through Zhang Miao's words, we can see how great Zhang Miao's ambition is. The Xia army has an army of 700,000 in Hebei, so it is not easy to annihilate it in one fell swoop. Although the Xia army's troops are now scattered, the Xia army will soon gather together. By then, it is unknown who will win and lose in the decisive battle between Xia and Song!

Inside the Xia Army Camp in Majiazhuang Town.

Suddenly, two flying cavalry rushed here and shouted loudly: "Report, report, report..."

Li Ke, the king of Changshan who was in charge of the head, frowned and said, "The sky is falling, why are you anxious? You said one by one."

"Report to the prince, the Song army suddenly attacked from all sides and launched an attack on our Qingshui City. Now Qingshui City has been surrounded by 300,000 Song army groups. Please send troops to rescue quickly."

"Zhao Wei is so brave, he dares to take the initiative..." Li Ke said viciously.

"Report to the prince, the 400,000 Song troops, who were originally besieged by our army in Julu City, suddenly rushed out, and 300,000 troops surrounded our camp; another 100,000 troops went south to attack various places..."

The Song army's series of actions completely disrupted the Xia army's plan. The two most important strategic areas were surrounded. This is not a joke. Once the two places were lost, the Xia army would retreat. This retreat means a change in the war. The Xia army, which originally had the advantage, was likely to be at a disadvantage.

After a little thought, Li Ke said: "Although our two front-line camps were surrounded, it doesn't matter. As long as these two places are still in our hands, the war is within our controllable range. Now we still have 400,000 troops outside, including the 100,000 Bingzhou Army of Laowu and our 300,000 Jizhou Army, of which 150,000 troops are responsible for garrisoning the Bing Road, and the other 150,000 troops are all here. What I mean is that the troops are divided into two groups to carry out rescue;

There will still be 50,000 troops stationed and transporting grain and grass here. Another 350,000 troops will be left. General Zhao Ge leads a 100,000 army with the 100,000 Bingzhou army of Laowu to advance westward to relieve the siege of Julu. The king personally leads a 150,000 army southward to relieve the siege of Qingshui; the army must not set off in a mistake; as for the food and grass, the supplies will be stayed here for the time being, and then transported after the rescue."

"Yes, follow the prince's order..."

The Xia army was very fast. Just after the military order was issued, the Xia army sent troops. Hundreds of thousands of Xia army cavalry divided into two torrents and headed straight for the besieged front line. Besides, the Xia army stationed in other places immediately abandoned the city and left after being besieged by the Song army. Although they lost the city, the Xia army's troops did not suffer much loss. The 100,000 Bingzhou army stationed in the four prefectures of Xing, Meng, Ci and Xiang were led by An Qinggui and Liang Yongneng to fight eastward.

In Julu City, Zhong Shidao had already met with Zhang Miao. At this time, the two armies had a total of 600,000 troops. Zhang Miao, who had a strong force, decided to launch an attack on the surrounded Xia army outside the city, but at this time Zhao Wei's special envoy arrived.

"The two generals, the prince's military order, ordered the two generals to give up Julu and carry the food, grass and military supplies, and go south to Handan to re-arrange the defense." The envoy said to the two.

"Going south to Handan?" Zhang Miao said in confusion: "Now I have another 600,000 troops, why should I retreat? Our army's military peak is the best time to fight the Xia army. If you miss this opportunity, you will never miss it."

Zhong Shidao said to Zhang Miao: "Nephew! Handan is closer to Daming, so our army can rebuild the northern defense line with the Yellow River, and it will not be too late to conduct a northern expedition after opening up the food channel with the rear."

Zhang Miao thought for a while and said, "In this way, Zhuang Zhuan, you will lead a 100,000 army to escort the food and grass in the city to the south. I will personally lead the 500,000 army behind the palace to strive to eat the 100,000 Xia army outside the city before the Xia army reinforcements arrived."

"Okay! Then let's make arrangements like this! Nephew! Be careful to be chased by the Xia army's cavalry when evacuating." Zhong Shidao told Zhang Miao.

"Don't worry, Zhongshuai..."

On the afternoon of that day, Zhang Miao led an army of 500,000 out of the city. Zhu Xu still stood firm in the camp and did not come out. However, Zhu Xu prepared a gift for the Song army. All the equipment prepared to attack the city in the camp was used, mainly a large number of crossbows, stone catapults, sky-shaking thunder and fierce turbulent oil. These were used to attack Julu City at the time. Therefore, you have reserved a lot in the camp and have not been used. This is also the reason why Zhu Xu was unwilling to evacuate. Once these things are evacuated, they will burn, which is a huge loss for the Xia army.

"Report, report, report... Report to the general, the Song army came to attack the camp." A general came in to report.

Zhu Xu immediately left the central army tent and came to the camp gate. When he looked at the Song army that could not see the boundaries, Zhu Xu ordered: "I ordered all troops to do this battle to focus on long-distance attacks. As long as we can hold on for two days, our reinforcements will arrive."

"Yes, General..."

On the other side, Zhang Miao ordered: "Tell me that the army will be besieged from all sides without distinguishing the primary and secondary. Whoever attacks the Xia army camp first will be promoted to the third level and receive a reward of 1,000 taels of gold."

When Zhang Miao first attacked, he invested 200,000 troops. There were 50,000 troops on each side of the Xia army camp. The 50,000 troops launched the most fierce attack on the Xia army camp at the same time, regardless of the primary and secondary. Zhu Xu had never seen such a fighting style. The reason why Zhang Miao dared to fight like this was because he had an absolute advantage in military strength. The two armies fought a life-and-death battle from the beginning, both the Xia army and the Song army fought their best.

Faced with the dense rain of arrows and harsh turbulence of the Xia army, the casualties of the Song army increased rapidly, but Zhang Miao ignored these and still launched a fierce process on the Xia army camp. The Song army used wheel tactics to exhaust the Xia army guarding the camp. In just half a day, the Song army's high-intensity attack never stopped. The Song army suffered huge casualties and also brought great casualties to the Xia army.

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