Chapter 45 Ten Generals - Prancing Horse(2/2)
Therefore, after the Liang family failed to build a Naoe Fort, they decisively turned their attention back to Suizhou, built a Xifutu Village on the north side of the Dali River, and sent heavy troops to guard it, only 60 miles away from Huaining Village.
After the construction of the Xifu Village, Liang Yi buried his thoughts that the Song army was unprepared and also learned from Li Fugui, wanting to steal opportunities.
However, the scale of the Xixia people sent troops was much larger, with a total of 30,000 troops and horses, and they were all cavalrymen.
Shortly after Kang Cheng reported, 30,000 Xixia Light Cavalry had already rushed to Huaining Village.
Yan Da ordered the city to be defended.
The attack on the city was not the director of the Xixia people. As long as the Song army was well-manned, the fortress was not so bad, and the Xixia people were generally unstoppable. After attacking for a while, the Xixia people had no choice but to fight under the city.
"It's okay," Kang Cheng thought of putting down the bow and arrow in his hand.
This year, the two countries have been constantly fighting each other, but most of them are small and medium-sized conflicts. Like the Battle of Naoebao, it has invested more troops. However, why did I encounter them? Did what I said when I left Beijing really work?
Just when he was glad that Xixia could not break through Huaining Village, he heard Yan Da say to Jia Yi not far away: "Inspector Jia, it's not very wonderful."
"Yes." Jia Yi also frowned.
Kang Cheng expressed confusion.
He heard Yan Da say again: "It seems that he will take the initiative to fight back."
Taking the initiative to counterattack? Kang Chengxin immediately became unlucky. What is this joke? It can be compared that in the Battle of Naoebao, the Song army had 3,000 troops, and now the entire Huaining Village had less than 3,000 troops. During the Battle of Naoebao, there were only 20,000 people in Xixia, most of whom were servants. Now Xixia has 30,000 soldiers and horses, and they are all cavalry. Isn’t this seeking death? But he immediately heard the reason, and Jia Yi said again: “Yes, you must not send troops, otherwise the Xixia people would send troops to garrison outside the city, and the remaining troops would plunder everywhere, and people would be in chaos.”
The Song army was able to defend Huaining Village, but from Huaining Village to Suide Army City was the Dasanchuankou area mentioned by the imperial court. Not only did the imperial court's military farming, but most of the Weimingshan tents were also placed here. If the Xixia people divided their troops and plundered them, they immediately lost their sense of security in the various tents of the Song Dynasty. This was exactly what Jia Yi said about the loss of people's hearts, and then it would be very difficult for the Song Dynasty to gain a foothold here in the future.
But how to fight this battle?
Yan Da said again: "Send someone to shout, laugh at them, force them to attack again, and Bo Mu Chen's troops attack!"
The Song army began to insult the Western Xia army on the top of the city. We only have this little force and horse to attack.
The Xixia people were indeed deceived and attacked again, but failed, so they had to retreat.
In the blink of an eye, dusk fell.
"Send troops." Yan Da said.
As he ordered, five hundred cavalry and five hundred infantry were selected. The infantry was preparing to open the city gate and counterattack from the front. The cavalry left the camp from the south gate, detoured the north, and launched an attack from the flank. Kang Cheng was also among them.
Yan Da patted Kang Cheng on the shoulder: "Shi General Kang, are you afraid?"
Kang Cheng just wanted to escape that day, but that bloody clothes shocked Bai Yu. Otherwise, Guo Kui would not have transferred Kang Cheng to Suizhou to protect him at the risk of guilt of Li Fugui for a young general.
This psychology...
What did Kang Cheng say, so he had to say, "General Yan, don't be afraid."
"Enough to plant." Yan Da was very satisfied with his attitude.
Five hundred cavalry quickly went out from the south gate and jumped to the flanks of the 30,000 vast Western Xia army.
At the same time, the suspension bridge of Huainingzhai North City Gate was lowered, the gate was opened, and Jia Yi rushed out of the city gate with five hundred stairs. This seemed to be hitting the stone with eggs, but Jia Yi also had his confidence, that is, the Divine Arm Bow, which is about to appear on the battlefield for the first time. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!