Chapter 202 Ambush
Outside Changwu City.
On the open horizon, teams of summer soldiers appeared in their sight.
Han Shizhong had already received the military newspaper and had already arranged a formation before the Xia army appeared.
"The Xia people are here!" The captain shouted at the Song soldiers. The Song soldiers who were still doing nothing and were scrambling to work had to tighten their nerves.
It was said that it was tense, but it was not nervous. The generals of all departments had heard that Xia Jun came here this time to take the initiative to send people to their heads. They just needed to finish the fight. Compared with the past, at least they were basically in danger of life.
The Xia army gradually approached and stopped until the two armies reached a suitable position.
The Xia army generals and consuls laughed unconsciously when they saw the formation of the Song army. "This leader of the Song army is still a little capable. I originally thought that the Song army knew that I would be defeated and would inevitably slack off. We could take the opportunity to attack them by surprise, but now it seems that we have not given this opportunity."
The Song army prepared very well and attached great importance to it. There were no obvious loopholes, so it was difficult for the house to do it if it wanted to take advantage of the situation.
"If we break up with the Song people now, we may not be able to resist the Song people, so we should leave it to the Marshal to decide, otherwise the Marshal would definitely blame him." Fang Sangren's deputy general quickly reminded.
"I know, just saying that I deliberately lose to the Song people, and I feel uncomfortable when I think about it."
"Assing orders, roaming the formation, the horse army is on both wings, and the infantry is the central army."
The tactics of Song and Jin during this period were basically patterned, with the steps as middle and the horse as wings. This was the way of placing troops in the mixed army that had been practiced countless times.
Song, Jin and Xia were familiar with this. Whoever is stronger in the two armies will fight against, and whose flanking cavalry will be more powerful.
The elite horse army of the Xia people were called Tie Huzi, which was similar to the Tie Futu of the Jin people. However, the armor was thinner, but the power was much stronger. It could attack and harass it. It was even stronger than Tie Futu in terms of fault tolerance.
But the Iron Swazi also belongs to the cavalry.
The iron puddle in the Jin Dynasty was less than 5,000, not to mention that the most elite cavalry, Tie Swallow, only accounted for a small part of the small state of the Xia Dynasty.
Most of them are similar to the Jin Dynasty's crutch horses.
The Xia people did not short of horses, but the 30,000 troops brought by the house would be 10,000 troops.
There are only one thousand iron swans.
The formation unfolded and the two armies confronted each other.
Fang Dang was not in a hurry, and said nothing after the formation was set, quietly waiting for the movement of Song Jun.
"Hey, go over and tell the Song people and let them attack first." Fang Dangren did not intend to take the initiative.
Since it was an appointment to fight a jungle battle, we decided who would take the attack first. Of course, the room was lazy and didn't want to move at all. Let Han Shizhong move, he just wanted to lie down and enjoy it.
However, Han Shizhong didn't want to move, but it was not because of his laziness. The energetic Han Shizhong just didn't believe in the Xia people.
Most of the time, the proactive side always suffers a loss, which is like only exhausted cows and no broken land.
Han Shizhong was unwilling to be the attacking side. He was worried that after the entire army advanced to a certain level, the Xia army would suddenly tear up the previous agreement and make something unexpected.
By then, it would be too late to regret it
When neither side was willing to take the initiative to attack, they could only stare at each other, not knowing what to do next.
Seeing that the Xia people did not take the initiative to charge, Han Shizhong became more and more suspicious about their previous agreement, whether the Xia people treated them sincerely.
But thinking about it, it is impossible to treat it sincerely, otherwise it would not have done anything like abandoning the city and massacred the Han people. Such a sinister thing would have come out.
"Han Duzhi asked me to tell Fangdang General." Han Shizhong also sent an envoy to the Xia army's formation to convey his meaning. "Please ask Fangdang General to center with a horse army."
Take the horse army in the center?
Fang Dangran hummed aloud. The horse army always placed it on the flanks, and the central army was not afraid of death.
Han Shizhong's meaning is certainly understood. The formation of their Xia army is also quite regular. Even if the frontal active attack can win, there will be heavy casualties.
Han Shizhong wanted their Xia army to form a messy formation before they could take the initiative to attack with confidence.
It's like when a slut seduces an old hooligan, you have to take off your clothes to express your sincerity.
Fang Dangren Ranran saw Han Shizhong being too cautious, and realized that he could not take advantage of these Song soldiers at all.
He had to give up his little thoughts. He did not place the horse army in the central position as Han Shizhong wanted. Otherwise, the horse army would accidentally injure a large number of infantry troops if the horse army retreated.
Since it is a fraud, of course I don’t want my side to lose too much.
Fang Dang naturally waved his hand and signaled his subordinates to follow the orders. The infantry and elite iron swanzi of the central army held it down and only attacked Han Shizhong's troops with the light cavalry on the flanks.
This is of course an obvious release.
The light cavalry on the flanks did not intend to rush into the enemy formation, and only fired cold arrows on the periphery. Some soldiers with bad luck were shot to the end, but it had nothing to do with the overall situation.
The Song army did not stand and was beaten, but responded with a crossbow, and the two sides fought in scattered ways.
Fang Dangren naturally had no intention of fighting, and he stopped in time as he saw some casualties appearing in the flanks of the horse army.
Singing gold.
The infantry had short legs and retreated to the north first, while the horse army followed closely and reluctantly.
No one knows how to cheat and defeat better than their Xia people.
In the countless military operations to defeat the Song army, the Xia army used a large number of strategies to set up an ambush.
So much so that I have already figured out the experience of how to apply oil to the soles of my feet with the least casualties, so that the Song army wants to chase but cannot catch up. If they don’t chase, they feel that it will miss the opportunity to fight.
The balance point is tightly grasped, so many Song army are like this by their Xia army.
This time is no exception.
Of course, 30,000 people retreated to the north in an orderly manner.
As for Han Shizhong, he was chasing him and following him tightly.
It's getting late.
Even if both sides set up camp, they will send sent posts to investigate each other's movements. One side will act, and the other side will immediately follow.
It takes about the same time to make meals, and it takes about the same time to start, and it is extremely tacit understanding.
Within one day, Fangdang retreated for more than fifty miles, and Han Shizhong also pursued him for more than fifty miles.
"That Han Shizhong is really patient and still pursues this way." Fang Tang certainly didn't care about Han Shizhong's pursuit, which was exactly the same as the Song army in the past. The desire for credit always made them lose their minds.
It is also because of this that they succeeded.
"The Grand Marshal is waiting in Qingzhou. Seeing the Song army's appearance, he must have thought of taking down the Qinghuan and the Qinghuan states in one go. In this process, he suddenly counterattacked and made the Zong Ze army never come back."
Just as Fang Dangran was commanding the army leisurely, the provoy in front suddenly returned to report.
"Ten miles ahead, there were Song troops camping in the valley and they could not enter."
Chapter completed!