The soldiers of Gaoguo, the army of Gaoguo, learned in the morning of the next day that Gao Qiu's army had fallen into the trap.

That's right, he fell into the trap! At least in Wu Zu Ganshun's view, Gao Qiu had fallen into the trap and became the prey of more than 100,000 Western Xia Khitan coalition forces!

This trap was not original by the two brothers Cha Ge. It was left by their awesome ancestors Li Mingde and Yuanhao. When the father and son were against the Song Dynasty, they actually made the worst plans. Therefore, they moved their nest from Xiping Prefecture (Lingzhou) on the east bank of the Yellow River to Xingqing Prefecture, which relies on the Yellow River and the desert.

On the issue of how to defend Xingqing Prefecture, Mingde and Yuanhao also have their arrangements. If the enemy comes from the east, then defending by the river or defending by the city is a middle and lower strategy. The best strategy is to place the battlefield at the edge of the desert 400 miles of the vast sea or 200 miles of the desert (when Baichi City in Yanzhou was occupied by the Song army, the Song army had to cross only 200 miles of the desert) is not that easy to walk. As long as the water source in the desert can be destroyed in advance, the invading army can be put into a dilemma of water shortage.

Even if the enemy brought enough drinking water, it would not last for a few days. Therefore, Mingde and Yuanhao planned to block the enemy on the edge of the desert and prevent them from approaching the Yellow River to get water.

If you block this for a few days and use up the enemy's drinking water, they will collapse on their own...

The plan was decided by our ancestors, and it seemed to be foolproof. Ganshun naturally had to do so. So he discussed with Yelu Otla and placed the army camp on the edge of the desert in the sea. He also set up a 30-mile camp, just blocking the closest route from Baichi City to the Yellow River.

Of course, you can go around it, but you have to walk dozens of miles in the desert after taking a walk... This is almost another day.

"Wu Zu, it seems that Gao Qiu is just like this. He can defeat him in one battle!"

The person who spoke was the Grand Secretary Ling Liang Duke Wei Ming Anhui. He is the third person in Western Xia at present, second only to Wuzu Ganshun and King Jin, and the commander of the army.

However, he was much older than Ganshun. The Cha brothers were much older and were in their forties this year. After the fall of the Liang clan, as an old senior among the Western Xia royal family, he was valued by Ganshun and became the Grand Secretary of the Secretariat, the Prime Minister of Xixia.

"You should be careful, after all, it's Gao Qiu!" Yelu Orat, the Privy Councilor of the Southern Court of the Great Liao Dynasty, was also in Ganshun's tent. He seemed very cautious. After watching the battle of Qin Wangchuan on the spot a month ago, Yelu Orat was really a little scared.

Because the combat effectiveness of the Song army on the Qin Wangchuan battlefield was clearly above the ordinary Khitan generals!

Moreover, the Song army of Qin Wangchuan was not the most powerful. This time, the Shuofang army led by Gao Qiu, who came across the desert, was the most powerful. In the Battle of Mingtangchuan, the 500-armored cavalry destroyed the 1,000 pieces of the Pishi Army and brought the tens of thousands of troops of the Heqing Army into a chariot.

Such elites are still in the hands of famous generals like Gao Qiu, so it is always good to be careful.

"Old Prince, please relax," Wu Zu Ganshun smiled, "This time we have more than 100,000 troops, and there are camps to rely on, which is really foolproof. And there are 30,000 Khitan elites from the old prince, who are so scared that Gao Qiu to death!"

Gao Qiu is not afraid! Yelu Otla said in his heart: I am afraid of this king! I will bring the "Khitan Heavenly Soldiers" that cannot be fought, but I must not let Gao Qiu remove the tiger skin, otherwise the Bu and the Jurchens would have to rebel! In addition, the Dangxiang people should not know that the Khitan elite soldiers could not be fought long ago... Otherwise, the fucking mother could be in Kaifeng Prefecture!

Thinking of this, Yelu Otla pretended to behave, "Okay! I will take 30,000 Erlang to support the Wuzhu! So you can go and fight with confidence!"

"Then I'll thank you for the old prince." Wu Zu Ganshun knew that the 30,000 people brought by Yelu Otla were all useless? He only knew that with the support of "Khitan father" to support him, Gao Qiu would undoubtedly be defeated!

Just as he thought of this, a commander of the Liuzhi Imperial Army came in outside and bowed to Wu Zu Ganshun, and then reported: "Wu Zu, the spy came to report that Song Gou's troops had reached thirty miles away."

"Haha, it's coming so fast!" Wu Zu Ganshun said to Yelu Otla with a smile, "Old Prince, do you want to go to watch the formation with me?"

"Okay!" Yelu Otla touched his beard, "I followed the Wuzhang to see the Song army... They have walked 170 miles in the desert, which is not easy! I don't know if Gao Qiu's troops can be easy to reason?"

...

Under Gao Qiu's Xuanfu Zheng Banner, the army was rumbled, with more than 30,000 infantry and cavalry soldiers, together with the auxiliary army, which was a very magnificent lineup. Not to mention so many horses, camels and carts. In order to save horsepower, except for the rangers who were covering the army, the rest of the cavalry and generals, including Gao Qiu, were dismounted and walked on foot. In addition, except for a few warriors who were ready to meet the enemy at any time, the other soldiers were not wearing armor, but were wearing civilian clothes.

However, such an army without a horse and most people are not armed, still has a solemn and silent spirit. Especially the whole army almost understood that they were put to death, and there was a vast desert behind them, with no water source. There was not much drinking water left, and it was impossible for them to return the same way.

Oh, in fact, the military command has made arrangements! The civilians who returned midway would bring soju (a low-alcohol) into the desert again and place them at designated locations for drinking when the army returns.

But this arrangement is a military secret for the army that is about to leave the desert! Only senior generals and advice know it.

After the army entered the desert, the soldiers at all levels repeatedly told the soldiers that they would either win or die of thirst!

So this is a large army that thought it was to be killed, and there was also a commander named Xingling Xuanfu envoy of the Song Dynasty, who thought it was to be dead, and was in charge of the military affairs of the six routes of Gou Shuofang, Fuyan, Huanqing, Jingyuan, Xihe, and Hexi, and Gao Qiu, the head of the Privy Council.

For him, defeating is certainly a death. But winning is probably like arriving in the abyss, in short, it is very dangerous!

"Supervisor Xuan, discover the Liao people's military flag!"

Suddenly someone shouted, Gao Qiu turned his head and looked at him and saw a military opportunity driving his horse from the front. He was sent by Li Yongqi to investigate the enemy camp with the scout and reconnaissance cavalry, and he was carrying a distant tube on his back!

The visitor followed Gao Qiu's flag and found Gao Xuanfu, then turned down from the horse's back and reported: "There are Khitan military flags in the enemy camp, including flying eagles, flying tigers, flying bears, sun, moon and stars."

Gao Qiu snorted: "The Liao army has arrived!"

"Shishou Xuan, my subordinates also discovered the Western thief's king flag!"

Gao Qiu nodded, "Okay, the thief leader Gan Shun is here too... It seems that he will fight to the death here!"

He paused, "Can you set up camp?"

"You can camp," said Li Yongqi. "It's still early now. If the army is allowed to rest for a day, they can go to battle at dusk."

Gao Qiu nodded.

After all, his army walked about 170 miles of desert, and it was still in summer! You can imagine the physical energy consumption. If you don’t have a good rest, you will not be able to fight.

“How much water is there?”

"It's enough to last for 2 days."

Gao Qiu took a sultry air and shook his head: "Then let everyone drink... I will send troops to fight at dusk. If I can win, I will have as much water as I want tomorrow!"

Wang Bing, who was standing beside him, suddenly asked: "Ship Xuan, are you going to fight to cut off the water?"

Gao Qiu was stunned and nodded and said, "Yes! It's just a battle for the water cut off... Zhengchen, Yongzhi, follow me to watch the formation and see where to fight after dusk?"

...

"So many spears!?"

"Is that a tens of thousands of troops? It looks like a hundred thousand warriors!"

"Yes...and it's so neat!"

At the same time, Wuzun, under the escort of the Liuzhi Imperial Army, the Grand Secretary Ling Weiming Anhui, and the old Khitan County Prince Yelu Otla were all a little stunned.

Because they saw the tips of countless spears, scattering a terrifying light under the sunlight!

Anyone who knows the situation of the Song army knows that the Song army does not have many hand-to-hand combat soldiers, and they like to shoot archery. Among the 100 people, only seven or eight to ten are equipped with spears.

So if you count the spear tips, you can also know the number of Song army. All the information they received before said that Gao Qiu had tens of thousands of soldiers and thirty or forty thousand soldiers. In other words, there were 4,000 spears up to the sky.

But now, the boundless spear tip is at least ten thousand! Did Gao Qiu bring more than 10,000 combat soldiers?

Moreover, those spears looked very strict and did not look like they had walked 170 miles of desert at all. Or in other words, they were more than 100,000 elite soldiers who could still be very morale after walking 170 miles of desert in the summer heat.

Then you are so fucked? Hurry up and call him dad!

"Report to Wuzun, the old prince, this Gao Qiu's soldiers are different from the ordinary Song army. They are especially capable of fighting hand-to-hand combat. They are equipped with spears and swords and shields. At least some of the soldiers are in flower clothes and do not have divine arm bows."

Xiao Heda, who was speaking, also went out of the camp with Ganshun today. He came with Yelu Otla. Because he had fought with Gao Qiu's Sanzhi Imperial Army many times and knew about the situation of the Sanzhi Army, he sent Chage to be a military adviser.

"Floral clothing?" Yelu Otla frowned, "and he is also very capable of fighting with hands and hands!"
Chapter completed!