Chapter 254
The snow was falling too heavily, and Zhao Chen's head had turned white!
He was riding on the Zhaoye Jade Lion Horse, and the horse was extremely excited at this moment! They had been on the road for days and the horse had not rested for several days and nights, but the horse did not feel tired at all! This is indeed the legendary horse king, and its physical fitness is far superior to that of an ordinary war horse!
"Your Majesty, we have arrived at Wudaotan!" Yu Yunwen followed Zhao Chen. At this moment, Yu Yunwen was also exhausted, but a smile appeared on his face and said.
"We have contacted Zhao Zhe and Liu Qi. Our three-faced army surrounded the Xixia people! There is no suspense in this battle, and we will definitely win!" Yu Yunwen said.
"Yes, I will win this battle! The main force of Xixia has been surrounded by us here. If we destroy them, we can set off for Xingqing Prefecture! At that time, hundreds of thousands of troops surrounded Xingqing Prefecture, and Xingqing Prefecture will also be conquered! Losing the main army and losing the capital, the emperor and the Dangxiang people will no longer be able to threaten us!" Zhao Chen said with a smile.
"Yes! Xixia threatened our Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years, and now it is finally time for them to perish!" Yu Yunwen was also extremely excited!
The Song Dynasty and Xixia are enemies. For more than a hundred years, the Western Army and Xixia have been fighting continuously. I don’t know how many Han people in the northwest died at the hands of Xixia! Now it’s finally time to take revenge, and Yu Yunwen can’t help but be excited!
"The combat plan of the General Staff Headquarters has been completely successful this time!" Zhao Chen said.
The ultimate goal of all the mobilizations of each army this time is to make this main force of the Xixia! Whether it is the Shaanxi Imperial Army, the Huanqing Army, and the Jingyuan Army are all aimed at the main force of the Xixia! The population of Xixia is limited, and at the most historical records, it was only more than three million, so their number of troops is extremely limited! The total number of troops and horses of their country is only 400,000 to 500,000. In Hongzhou City and Yanzhou City, the Shaanxi Imperial Army and Huanqing Army had already wiped out 70,000 Xixia troops. If the 320,000 Xixia main force here is annihilated, then Xixia really has no troops available! At that time, Xixia will let the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty gallop!
Such a grand combat plan, with troops divided into different routes, launched an attack from several places. At the beginning, it was an attack on the eastern cities of Xixia such as Hongzhou, Yanzhou and other Xixia. Later, after the 100,000 Jingyuan troops entered Xixia, it seemed to be attacking the capital of Xixia. In the previous Hongzhou and Yanzhou were conquered, it seemed to have become an old suspicious formation. However, all this was fake, and the combat plan was all aimed at these main forces of Xixia! In such an era, it was very rare to have such a grand combat plan to eliminate the main forces of Xixia in one fell swoop and destroy the country of Xixia! It is difficult for any wise general to formulate such a grand combat plan alone!
At this moment, Zhao Chen was also secretly admiring in his heart. He thought that the establishment of the General Staff Headquarters was completely correct! This battle was enough to prove the powerful planning and command capabilities of the General Staff Headquarters!
Hearing this, Yu Yunwen kept nodding. He also felt that the victory of this battle was directly related to the General Staff Headquarters! If there was no General Staff Headquarters, it would be impossible to destroy the General Staff in a short period of time!
"Your Majesty, Zhao Zhe, General Liu Qi has already delivered the food!" At this moment, Kang An came to Zhao Chen's side and said.
"Very good! Spread the food immediately and let the soldiers have a good meal!" Zhao Chen said.
"Your Majesty, General Liu Qi has another note!" Kang An said again.
Kang An said it slowly. After hearing this, Zhao Chen nodded and said, "Okay! Just do what he said! The Xixia army marched forward with rushing clothes. Their food must have been almost used up, and many people must have nothing to eat! This strategy is good and can be comparable to the enemies in the Chu-Han War!"
The Shaanxi-Northern Imperial Guards are now resting here!
Jingyuan Army and Huanqing Army have already sent a lot of food and firewood here, and the soldiers have started to cook! The weather is too cold, and countless soldiers are gathered by the fire! Some soldiers are patrolling, and many soldiers are already sleeping because they are too tired!
Gradually, the aroma of rice and meat rose, and many soldiers began to eat!
At this moment, not only the northern Shaanxi imperial guards had the fragrance of rice, but the meat fragrance came. In the direction of Jingyuan Army and Huanqing Army, there was also the fragrance of rice, and the meat fragrance came!
The smell of rice and meat smells wonderful, but for the Xixia soldiers in Wudaotan, it is like poison!
Many Xixia soldiers were already hungry, and some Xixia soldiers had not eaten for two or three days!
After smelling this fragrance, the 300,000 Xixia soldiers were all gurgling in their stomachs! Countless Xixia soldiers were already drooling!
They all restlessly, with anxious expressions on their faces!
At this moment, everyone knows that they are surrounded!
Under such circumstances, the enemy has food and drink, but they endure hunger here. Can you imagine their mood?
There has been a trace of riots in the army!
Moreover, not only that, now with wind and snow, they can't even find firewood in this desolate Gobi Desert! They can't make fire, they feel extremely cold! At this moment, even the weapons in their hands are covered with ice ridges, and their cold hands can't even grasp these weapons covered with ice ridges!
The 300,000 main force in Xixia has become like this. How can we fight?
Two hours have passed, the sky is already dark, but the sky is still cloudy!
The soldiers of the Shaanxi Imperial Army had been resting for two hours, and most of the soldiers had already rested on each other for a long time! As for the Jingyuan Army and the Huanqing Army, they had arrived for many days and their bodies had reached their peak!
The 300,000 Xixia soldiers below were surrounded by three sides and did not dare to rest! Even if there were soldiers resting, the general would wake the soldiers up immediately! Since leaving Yanzhou City, they have never rested, and they have never closed their eyes!
However, the Song army still did not launch an attack!
At this moment, in the northwest, the Song army suddenly made way for life!
As soon as this road of life appeared, soldiers in the Xixia army discovered it!
Many soldiers knew that this path of life was a "conspiracy", but they still ran towards it frantically!
They are unwilling to stay in Wudaotan, and they will definitely die if they stay here! From there, they may survive!
Suddenly, the Xixia army was in chaos!
Running strongly at the front, and the generals rushed at the front!
Later, the weak soldiers followed behind!
There has been trampling in the army, but no one cares about these things at this moment! Many soldiers have been trampled to death by their own people!
Finally, after the strongest thousands of Xixia soldiers escaped from there, most of the remaining Xixia soldiers who had no strength to rush out. At this time, the "road of life" was blocked! The Song army finally launched a general attack from all directions!
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Military combat is a matter of the group. If thousands of strong soldiers are here, under their leadership, the weak soldiers can still exert great combat effectiveness! But now all those people have run away. Although the number of the remaining Xixia army is still about 300,000 on the surface, the actual combat effectiveness has been reduced by at least half!
Moreover, just now, countless generals rushed out on horseback, and the command system of the Xixia army was completely paralyzed, and their combat effectiveness was reduced by half!
In addition, some people can escape, but the remaining people are going to die here. They are full of resentment towards the escaped people! They also hope that the gap will appear again, hoping that they can escape, rather than staying to fight to the death! In this way, their combat effectiveness will decline again!
What's more, they were exhausted and hungry and cold. What kind of army was left? They were even far from comparable to the original 36 rebels in northern Shaanxi. Even the original 36 rebels could wipe out them all here, without any suspense!
Such a tactic was not formulated by the General Staff Headquarters, and the General Staff Headquarters could not predict how the specific war would happen! This was the strategy offered by Liu Qi before! As a famous general in the early Southern Song Dynasty, Liu Qi defeated the Jin soldiers many times in history. The Song Dynasty recorded that "the Jin Lord Liang was in the south, and those who dared to say Qi's name would be unforgivable." At that time, Liu Qi was old, but he was still intimidating the world. When the Jin Lord Wanyan Liang went south, he did not even ask someone to mention Liu Qi's name! At this moment, Liu Qi offered such a strategy, which greatly reduced the difficulty of destroying the main force of Xixia! Originally, the Shaanxi Imperial Army, the Jingyuan Army, and the Huanqing Army had to pay a certain price to kill the main force of Xixia, but now there was almost no price to pay!
On the morning of March 24, just as Zhao Chen's eyes were watching, the Song army on three sides encircled and annihilated the main force of Xixia!
From morning to afternoon, there is endless bloody battle!
All the 300,000 main forces in Xixia died here in battle! You can smell blood within a radius of dozens of miles! The real blood flows into a river!
Zhao Chen just looked at it quietly, his face was extremely indifferent! He died of the enemy, and he would not have any sympathy! In such an era, kindness to the enemy is cruelty to himself!
The night gradually came, and the war finally stopped!
Chapter completed!